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Monkey spider male (Garden Orb spider)

Eriophora sp.

Description:

Spider about 3 cm long, gray and black. It has a hole just behind the head.

Habitat:

Semi tropical forest of the mexican Pacific.

1 Species ID Suggestions

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago
Monkey spider male (Garden Orb spider)
Eriophora sp. Garden Orb Web Spider - Eriophora transmarina (Araneus transmarina )


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3 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

I suspect that one rear leg is positioned to compensate the two missing legs.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you martinl for the Id and the link. And yes, it looked hurt.

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

That's a cool spider Luis. The males look different to the females so it can be tricky to ID. (Yours has six legs and may have encountered some foul play?)

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 2, 2012
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012

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