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Arrow-shaped Micrathena

Micrathena sexspinosa

Description:

Wonderful spider I found in the forest

Habitat:

Rain Forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Arrow-shaped Micrathena
Micrathena sexspinosa


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4 Comments

GregNuspel
GregNuspel 11 years ago

I'm filming a band at a bar, just a different kind of animal :-)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Sometimes I am far away from being an expert ;-)...
Looking at your avatar I was wondering what you are looking into, I think it is not a microscope and I was wondering what the dark beer is doing there ;-)...

GregNuspel
GregNuspel 11 years ago

Thanks for that, I'm proving my none expert status.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, verify, most of this kind of spiders are not correctly IDed. Other candidate would be Micrathena sagittata, but I think it is Sexspinosa:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M1dnhO60Ewc/Tp...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6...

GregNuspel
Spotted by
GregNuspel

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 5, 2013
Submitted on Feb 24, 2013

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