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Bird's Poop? At a glance, this looks like a bird's dung/poop with white powderish stuff around it.  It is a Bird Dung's Spider behaving in term of look and smell to attract flies and other bugs. Bird Dung's Spider,Crab Spider,Malaysia,Penang,Phrynarachne tuberosa,Spider Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Bird's Poop?

At a glance, this looks like a bird's dung/poop with white powderish stuff around it. It is a Bird Dung's Spider behaving in term of look and smell to attract flies and other bugs.

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  1. Mimicry and crypsis at their finest! Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago

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Phrynarachne tuberosa is a species of Bird Dung's Spider from the Family Thomisidae.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Oct 8, 2021. Captured Dec 29, 2020 21:55.
  • TG-6
  • f/4.9
  • 1/400s
  • ISO500
  • 18mm