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Showing posts with label SIGNATURE SPIDER (Complex Argiope anasuja). Show all posts
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Friday, 4 March 2016

1-12-2015 ANGKOR WAT, CAMBODIA - SIGNATURE SPIDER (Complex Argiope anasuja)


Argiope anasuja, is a species of harmless orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) found from the Seychelles to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in the Maldives and in the Brazil.

Female is about 8-12 mm long and male is 3.5-4.5 mm. After Cephalothorax greyish brown with hairs. Sternum heart shaped with hairy pubescent white patch. Palps bear spines. Legs greyish brown and hairy. Femora dorsally yellowish. Abdomen pentagonal and hairy. Dorsum yellowish with brown transverse bands. Three sigilla pairs distinct. Ventrum dark brownish with two longitudinal white patches.