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Darwins bark spider, Andasibe, Madagascar
I've been unable to exactly identify this species. The guide called it a "crab spider", but obviously that's a too generic ID. This one was above a river in Andasibe, quite out of reach so I had to use the 500mm. It seems to be eating some wings from a poor creature.
Darwin's bark spider is an orb-weaver spider that produces one of the largest known orb webs, web size ranged from 900–2800 cm2, with anchor lines spanning up to 25 metres . The spider was discovered in Madagascar in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in 2009. The species was named in honour of the naturalist Charles Darwin, with the description being prepared precisely 150 years after the publication of ''The Origin of Species'', on 24 November 2009.
Its silk is the toughest biological.. more
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin's_bark_spider
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21124-zoologger-the-biggest-spider-web-in-the-world.html#.UyOwhfldVqI
http://species.asu.edu/2011_species01
Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
In the interest of science:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/06/its-better-to-give-these-male-spiders-perform-oral-sex-up-to-100-times-a-night/?utm_term=.5de299a5da48 Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago