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Drag tail Spider

Arachnura melanura

Description:

"Now, where are the blue and green rangers when we need them?" Three different color morphs of Drag tail spider.

Habitat:

Usually found around shaded area in small patches forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Drag tail spider
Arachnura melanura Arachnura melanura


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36 Comments (1–25)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

What a brilliant spotting ! Amazing and amusing -Thanks for sharing this Shekainah. Must read about them.

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

These are great, I've never seen them before!

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

different colors in one picture. good job!

drpalombella
drpalombella 11 years ago

Great work! Thanks for sharing.

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

@drpalombella fortunately this spiders are very cooperative that I was able to place them together on the leaf them place them back to their respective web.

drpalombella
drpalombella 11 years ago

I have to ask: Were these three found together, or did you somehow pose them? Beautiful picture!

JorgeSilva2
JorgeSilva2 11 years ago

Wow!!!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Incredible!!

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

Your spottings are awesome shekainah, you keep amazing me. Superb spotting!

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

@ Harsha Singh, yes I found another one with different color but I'm taking some time till it matures if there are changes in its features.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Wow. Three different colors! Do they exist in other colors too?

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Indeed JeffCrocombe, the yellow one is very common the albino and the red appeared just recently.

JeffCrocombe
JeffCrocombe 11 years ago

Seriously cool spider!

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Thanks EJ, Telse and Adarsha for the complement.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Wow! 3 in one..Beautiful package!

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

A Family Picnic! Nice.

EJ
EJ 11 years ago

Nice siting! I have never seen a spider like that!!

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Thanks Atul , I again spotted one more morph of this , I'll upload it later.

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Lovely !

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID Argy Bee.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Great spot!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Espectacular::

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Awesome shot!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Such a good picture!

Lungsod ng Roxas, Kanlurang Kabisayaan, Philippines

Spotted on Dec 15, 2012
Submitted on Dec 20, 2012

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