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Crossopriza lyoni
Very long, Thin legs compared to body. About 5omm dia including the legs. They usually build large irregular webs in corners of rooms, basements, cellars, and beneath ceilings. They help control mosquito menace. Adult C. lyoni can consume 12 to 20 mosquitoes a day, in addition to other insect pests. They also possess two types of stridulatory organs. The first type is located at the posterior tips of their cephalothorax (the prosoma) in the form of two triangular protrusions. The spiders rub these structures with a matching pair of sclerotized plates at the anterior portion of the abdomen, producing sound. (Wiki)
Spotted in my bathroom.
Spotted on Jan 1, 2018
Submitted on Jan 1, 2018
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