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Long bellied Cyclosa Spider

cyclosa sp. Bifidia?

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

The best camouflage ever seen. Very difficult to distinguish this long spider from the dirt it accumulates as a thread across the middle of it's very thin orb web. Size about 4 mm long.

Habitat:

Seen about 1.5 meters from the ground on a shrub.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Sckel
Cyclosa became one of my favorite species, because it is simply macabre. And on a par with the larvae that carry insects dead in her little body as protection

Spotted for Missions

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Spiders of India
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedNovember 24, 2013

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