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Approximately 14 mm long. We can't find any similar pictures on the Internet ANYWHERE! Thank you in advance for any possible assistance with identifying this!
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- Submitted: Mar 28, 2020
- Photographed: Mar 28, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Talamban, Philippines
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, I have additional info now. This spider’s web is “sticky, thick, hard” (as compared to other “average” webs). Thank you again!
Very cool, a fun mystery! If you can get a photo of it from the front showing the arrangement of the eyes, that would help. Spiders have variable numbers of eyes and they are positioned in different places and arrangements on the front of the spider depending on the family, and genus. It’s a weird thing for a animals. If you have extra photos that show different aspects they can be uploaded individually as new posts. Just the way the site was programmed. Make a note in the observations that it is the same spider as your other photos. A… Read more »
Thank you so much for your kind assistance, we’re both very grateful! We finally narrowed it down to the exact right thing … Platythomisus octomaculatus … here is a link!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehktang/6811036457/
I think you found it! An Eight-spotted Crab Spider. Spiders can be really weird looking!