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Curved Spiny Spider

Gasteracantha arcuata

Description:

extremely long horns on this small spider

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this in Ujung Kulon national park.

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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Me too Sigg. They don't seem to make sense. When you hold them in your hand they just repeatedly fall over.

SG in CR
SG in CR 9 years ago

Makes me wonder why they evolved to have such a massive set of "horns". Impressive specimen.

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Banten, Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 23, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2014

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