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Leaf folding crab spider

Cymbacha ocellata

Description:

A perfect home for a small eucalyptus dweller. The leaf is folded twice and strongly joined with silk at the edges forming a tetrahedron. The natural curve of the leaf near it's base forms a small door.

Habitat:

On a large E microcarpa in a local school ground

Notes:

I didn't want to disturb then inhabitant sorry. They look like this... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/851... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 19, 2013
Submitted on Nov 20, 2013

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