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Garden Jumping Spider

Opisthoncus parcedentatus

Description:

I think this is more likely a female . Males have slender abdomen and larger pedipalp. As most other spiders, females are more commonly seen than males. The Garden Jumping Spider is medium size, brown to orange-brown in colours with white patterns through out the whole body

Habitat:

Hiding between 2 leaves with a sticky like web fusing the leaves together ..watched as it jumped on its snack .

Notes:

The Garden Jumping Spiders body colour vary from orange-yellow to brown. The smaller size spiders are paler in colour. It seems that the spiders become darker and darker when growing up. Garden Jumping Spiders build retreat between leaves or by partly rolling a leaf with silk. Their retreats usually have opening at both ends. They hide in their retreats at night and during winter.

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CharliePrice
Spotted by
CharliePrice

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Nov 9, 2014
Submitted on Nov 9, 2014

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