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Longjawed Orb Weaver

Opadometa sarawakensis

Spotting Image 1

Description:

large spider, blue and red abdomen

Habitat:

tropical rainforest, 700m

Notes:

It's not a great photo, but I only spotted this once in Malaysia in Maliau basin.

2 Species ID Suggestions

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Ignacio Gamboa
Ignacio Gamboa 8 years ago
Longjawed Orb Weaver
Opadometa Sp.
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ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 years ago
Red and Blue Spider
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5 Comments

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 6 years ago

Thanks Chun, nice to see it get a species name. I've updated.

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ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 7 years ago

Good news Dan!
This species is finally described just last year as "Opadometa sarawakensis".

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ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 8 years ago

I am still amazed how beautiful and majestic this spider is and yet it is still undescribed until now.

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 8 years ago

Beauty...

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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 8 years ago

Thanks for the ID Ignacio.

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Dan Doucette

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jan 29, 2014
Submitted on Aug 3, 2014

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