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Although this Wrap-around Spider (Talthybia depressa) spins a large orb web every night, by morning it retreats to a nearby branch to hide from diurnal predators. The lichen and bark-like patterns on its back, coupled with its remarkably flat profile, make it appear almost seamless with the tree on which it rests. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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Arachnida, Araneae, Araneidae, Araneoidea, Araneomorphae, Borneo, East Malaysia, Entelegynae, Malaysia, Sabah, Southeast Asia, animal, arachnid, arthropod, background matching, camouflage, crypsis, cryptic, fauna, in-situ, invertebrate, orb-weaver, orb-weaver spider, orbweaver, spider, tropical, wild
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