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Ogre-faced Spider

family Deinopidae

Habitat:

I found this large spider on a night walk at the Kaieteur National Park at the edge of a trail.

Notes:

These spiders hang upside down near the ground holding a web waiting in ambush for a bug to drop its sticky web on top of.

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Tom15
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Tom15

Guyana

Spotted on Mar 22, 2012
Submitted on Jan 31, 2013

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