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Arkys species?

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Species:
Arkys species?
(Identification based on similarities with images shown by Ed Nieuwenhuys)
Family:
Araneidae
Body length:
female: about 4 mm
male: about 2 mm
Habitat:
This species is said to build a small orb web between green leaves, but the female rests on or under a leaf during the day
Toxicity:
This species is far too small to cause a significant human biting and is not aggressive anyway
Arkys species?
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Front view
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Another specimen
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A related species?
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Another female

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Some small araneids, such as Araneus albotriangulus and this unknown araneid species.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 28 March 2009.