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Poecilopachys australasia
This tiny spider resembled a speck of bird poo but being on the under side of the leaf so she got found out.
About 5mm wide.
On broad leafed acacia in a local nature reserve.
"Young females and adult males lack the pair of large abdominal spurs and the bright colours that characterize the adult females. They also have an unusual sparse pattern of large body hairs which are less prominent on the body of an adult female and gradually disappear as she approaches maturity." - http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...
family: ARANEIDAE
genus: Poecilopachys
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Two-spined...
Spotted on Oct 23, 2014
Submitted on Oct 23, 2014
1 Comment
Wow nice