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Poecilopachys australasia
Small spider to 7mm diameter. The white is very stark so I can only assume it is warning colors or it did look a little like bird poo on the leaf, from a distance. It lay very still with its legs tucked in.
Small sheet web over the surface of a leaf. Te Mata, New Zealand
Adult males lack the pair of large abdominal spurs and the bright colors that characterize the adult females.
Spotted on Mar 25, 2013
Submitted on Mar 29, 2013
36 Comments (1–25)
Thanks ceherzog!
Quite a harmless spider Petrice, unless you are a small tasty morsel of food.
Very wonderful...congrats!
Nice spot nice but deadly? Ha?????
Thank you Carol, Nuwan, Jolly, Fyn, sanmiggums, Mayra, Leana. Antonio, Thank you for the lovely feedback, it gave me a boost and I am ready to do some more spotting! Cheers!
Congratulations Andrea on this SOTD!
Amazing capture andrea,congrats on the SOTD
and thanks for sharing such a beautiful spotting page
Wow!!!
Wonderful spotting
Awesome spotting, congratulations Andrea Lim!
Congratulations Andrea
Congratulations Andrea! Amazing spot!!
Congratulations on SOTD! This is a wonderful spider.
Thank you Argy Bee, Satyen and Jakubko!
Thank you Argy Bee, Satyen and Jakubko!
Awesome! Congratulations on Spotting of the Day!
Amazing! Congrats!
Congratulations.
WOW .... SOTD. What a lovely surprise KarenL. Thank you very much to all of the well-wishers. Much appreciated.
So jumbled up yet so beautiful. Congrats Andrea. :)
Beautiful spider congrats!
Congratulations !
Remarkable spider! Looks like a piece of Halloween candy! Congratulations on SOTD, it is beautiful. Great Macro too.
Congratulations on the SOTD, Andrea Lim, wonderful spotting!
WOW!!!