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Spider

Neoscona punctigera

Description:

This is a species of spider found in Asia that hunts at night. It builds spiral shaped webs and may lure prey with awe-inspiring spots on its abdomen.

Notes:

A fairly large spider lying on a leaf giving an impression of a dried up debris.


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12 Comments

Uday
Uday 8 months ago

googled all species described in http://books.google.co.in/books?id=9oVHO... this but it showed same images again and again.
same in case of my lynx spider spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/133...
still cant find exact ID after googling all species. :(

KarenL
KarenL 8 months ago

Wow!

MauricioPacheco
MauricioPacheco 8 months ago

Spectacular!

Atul
Atul 9 months ago

Ashish this is surely not a Lynx or a jumping spider .... its Neoscona sp. Male

Atul
Atul 9 months ago

Thank you Leuba , Chief and shekainah d. alaban.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 9 months ago

Atul I have spotted similar Spider, what I can identified as a small spider only on my computer. I feel it is a kind of Jumping spider or Lynx spider. (I will post my spotting later)

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 9 months ago

so cool

Leuba
Leuba 9 months ago

great looking spider Atul -but what strange positioning of the legs; like a frog on his back ! good spotting and photos - thanks.

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 9 months ago

We call it here monkey spider.

Atul
Atul 10 months ago

Id Updated!

SatyenM
SatyenM 10 months ago

Wonderful find.

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 10 months ago

looks similar to my spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...

Maharashtra, India

Lat: 19.88, Long: 72.69

Spotted on May 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 18, 2012

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