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Long bellied Cyclosa Spider

cyclosa sp. Bifidia?

Description:

The best camouflage ever seen. Very difficult to distinguish this long spider from the dirt it accumulates as a thread across the middle of it's very thin orb web. Size about 4 mm long.

Habitat:

Seen about 1.5 meters from the ground on a shrub.

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6 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you ChiefRedEarth

WoW! Nice photograph!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 10 years ago

Thanks Dilan Chathuranga

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 10 years ago

Nice series Sunny!!!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 10 years ago

Thank you Sckel...

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Cyclosa became one of my favorite species, because it is simply macabre. And on a par with the larvae that carry insects dead in her little body as protection

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 24, 2013

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