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A spider that is evolved specially to adapt to tree trunks, camouflaging on the tree barks. They have long spinnerets to small preys by spinning them up in their silk as they circle the prey. Possibly not a fully grown female adult Hersilia sumatrana.
On a tree bark (see picture 2) in Sukau Bed&Breakfast, Sukau, Lower Kinabatangan river, Sabah.
>>>Map accuracy: 40m diameter.
Spotted on Jun 6, 2010
Submitted on Jul 20, 2013
4 Comments
indeed a magnificent creature ! these spinerets are the largest i've seen so far !! thx for sharing !!!
Thanks for your comments, MartinUrban.
These spider do not weave webs, they spend their whole life flat on the tree bark.
This Hersiliid spider can be distinguish from an Argiope species and other spiders from the Araneidae spiders through several ways.
You can compare the eyes and spinnerets of this spider with that of an Argiope species. Hersiliidae spiders have exceptionally long spinnerets which an Argiope spider lacks off. As for the eyes, here is a link showing a close up photograph of the eyes arrangements of a Hersiliidae spider.
http://wongchunxing.com/Spider/Hersilida...
As you can see, they are different compared to that of an Argiope spider which is seen in these links
http://forthepubliceye.files.wordpress.c...
http://www.arachne.org.au/_dbase_upl/p10...
do they make extra zig-zag bands inside their webs ?
seems to me pretty much like an argiope species ...