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Uloboridae
This tiny mother spider had a few spiderlings and her suspended egg case on a Ocimum tenuiflorum plant. From a distance she is nothing but a piece of dry leaf, dark brown with no visible colors. She even oscillates like a leaf caught on a web when the wind blows. :-D Up close all her features and colors come alive. :-) The background distractions seen here are her spiderlings and the egg case which is on the right. 2nd image: Lateral shot 3rd image: spiderlings close-up 4th image: Egg case close-up Size: Less than 1cm tip to tip. This spider belongs to a family of non-venomous spiders. They lack of venom glands and they kill their prey by crushing with over 140 metres of thread!![wiki]
Agriculture
Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Jul 29, 2013
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