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Heurodes turrita
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Heurodes turrita (QM)
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female: 9 mm
male: 7 mm
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On dry twigs in forest settings
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Uncertain; may be too small to cause serious illness in humans
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This spider deserves its species name because of the turret-like abdomen which provides useful camouflage when the spider is on dead twigs.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Poltys bimaculatus, Poltys illepidus, and Celaenia calotoides.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 3 December 2002.
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