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unknown spider

Description:

Shiny black elongated web spider. It has long curled palps.

Habitat:

Found in an old empty fishtank

Notes:

It got sick of running away from my camera and decided to hide like a tiny stick (pic 4 & 5) Spider #14

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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Strange palps; it would be great to see them in action.

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

It does that stretch trick the same way but the color and abdomen don't look right. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeschylus18...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

long jawed spider?

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 18, 2012
Submitted on Feb 18, 2012

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