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A tiny Cat Eye Spider with a body length of 2.5 mm and a abdomen width of 2.5mm too. Its body is black with 4 bright yellow spots, the limbs are transparent. Its colors and patterns matches that of a Theridula gonygaster but their shapes are different. Might be from the Chrysso, Theridion, or Chikunia genera too. The 2nd photo shows its breakfast, a crane fly victim.
Lives under the leaves of a Melastoma plant in front of Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
It was early in the morning, the forest reserve park has not opened yet so I waited outside until 8 am. I looked for some early arthropods while waiting outside. This is my first spotting, a beautiful and unique spider. Luckily it did not move around much, making photography easier. The bad news is that my camera macro mode has reached its limit so I can't get a clearer photo of this tiny spider. A close species from Australia http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertwhyte... >>>Map accuracy : 10m diameter
Thanks asergio and SumukhaJavagal.
SumukhaJavagal's spotting have a reflective abdomen too, I can see the blue sky of India in that "mirror".
Wonderful.. Here's my "Cat Eyed Spider" with complete black color..
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/818...
Your picture is clear enough to show how amazing this spider is. Congratulations, it is a great spot.
Spotted on Dec 10, 2011
Submitted on Jan 1, 2012
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