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Uloborus sp
UFO - Featherlegged Orb-weaver This is the dorsal view of a female Featherlegged Orb-weaver spider. I found her under the stairs at my home. She is nothing but a piece of dry leaf from a distance. In fact the colors and patterns on her was not visible to the eye since she was in a very dark corner. I was utterly shocked to see the patterns and textures on her. :-) Her abdomen had bulged up considerably which I thought was normal for the species until I found her by the egg case this morning. :-D This spider belongs to a family of non-venomous spiders. They lack of venom glands and they kill their prey by crushing with over 140 metres of thread!![wiki] Size: 1 cm approx
Urban
Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Jul 30, 2013
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