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Abandoned web spider

Parawixia dehaani

Description:

cephalothorax reddish brown, longer than wide, clothed with hairs, spines with granular bases. abdomen dark brown, triangular, with two pointed spine-like shoulder humps.

Habitat:

big trees...

Notes:

this nocturnal spider constructs a vertical orb with an open hub. the web looks like abandoned with damaged portions. it hides under dry leaf during daytime and being highly camouflaged very difficult to spot...

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rivu.ghorai
Spotted by
rivu.ghorai

Bhubaneswarpur, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Dec 12, 2010
Submitted on May 29, 2011

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