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Fact Box
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Stephanopis altifrons (RM)
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female: 7 mm
male: 4 mm
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On the dry bark of trees where the matching colours and texture of the spider's body surfaces match those of the bark and give excellent camouflage
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Unknown; this spider is slow-moving and non-aggressive and its fangs may be too small for a significant human envenomation to be possible
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