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Zenodorus orbiculatus
A medium-sized jumping spider, The body is brown to black, the female having a circular abdomen fringed with white, a white dot in the centre. Legs brownish to nearly black. Cephalothorax with white scales marking out the eye quadrangle, the male's markings more obvious. The male's more slender abdomen has a white crescent above the spinnerets.
Sclerophyll woodland
They hunt during the day by ambush or active pursuit, often on tree trunks, preferring ants but also eating other insects.
Spotted on Dec 21, 2013
Submitted on Dec 22, 2013
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