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Hygropoda lineata
Green-brown spider, body length 1cm, long thin spiky legs three times body length. This one has had a hard life, coping with just 4 legs. Carrying a large egg sac. Had a sparse sheet web over the surface of the leaf.
Edge of forest, near creek at James Cook University Cairns campus.
Spotted on Apr 4, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2013
3 Comments
Thank you Shanna and Carla. It manages quite well with only one leg on the RHS of its body.
What a good mum!!!
Very cool.