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Pandercetes gracilis
The Lichen Spider is a remarkable variety of huntsman spider, grey-greenish in colour, about 4cm in size (including arms).
Spotted at Mahawu Volcano, rainforest area in Sulawesi, usually they cling to the trunks or branches of trees that are covered with lichen as camouflage, it is endemic to Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and Queensland, Australia.
The Lichen Spider does not construct webs and it is known to hunt by ambush. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Sparassidae Genus: Pandercetes Species: P. gracilis
Spotted on Aug 5, 2016
Submitted on Feb 6, 2017
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