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Hersiliidae
Found on the side of the landladies house. I noticed when looking at the image on the notepad that this spider had two 'legs' sticking out behind it which I thought was odd. After reading about the Tree Trunk spider on Wiki, after ChunXingWong's ident I found that these are called spinnerets. Note below.
These spiders have two very prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen. So they are also sometimes known as "two-tailed spiders." - Wiki
Spotted on May 9, 2012
Submitted on May 9, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you for the ident ChunXingWong! The walls of the landladies house are made of fibre cement boarding.
It's a Tree trunk spider (Hersiliidae).
They are experts in camouflaging.
Your spotting is very unique, so far I have never seen one that lives on walls.