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A species of Acantheis spider not moving to camouflage itself on this tree bark. Its brown colors matches with the surrounding and the hairs breaks the outline giving it a better camouflage. It even has a tuft of hairs for a "nose"! Central body about 10mm.
On the tree trunk surface of a White Seraya tree (Parashorea malaanonan), one of the trees that hold the Maliau Skybridge in Maliau Basin Study Centre.
>>>Map accuracy : 5km diameter. I spotted this during the canopy walk tour. This would be though to see without any flash. I have to admit that this guy is so good in camouflaging that I could not realize that this is actually a spider.
Spotted on Dec 5, 2012
Submitted on Dec 5, 2012
7 Comments
A great find, Chun!
Thank you all for your comments.
Incredible master of camouflage great spot :)
Wonderful camouflage and spotting details.
Hi Ashish, this is not a Tree Trunk Spider but I did spotted that after this one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/166...
Tree Trunk...?
good spotting of a difficult subject!