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Fact Box
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| Species: |
Opisthoncus polyphemus (QM)
(identification also derived from an image on the salticid website of Ed Nieuwenhuys)
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| Body length: |
female: 6 mm
male: about 7 mm
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This spider is most often shaken from the green leaves of shrubs and low trees but may also be found in a leaf rolled into a tube for use as a retreat and as a place for depositing an egg sac
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| Toxicity: |
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The toxicity of this spider's venom is unknown but is likely to at least produce local pain
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