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Caerostris sexcuspidata aka the common bark spider occurs in Southern Africa, and on islands off the east coast of Africa, such as Madagascar, the Comores and Aldabra Island. It is a nocturnal orb-web spider, the female constructing a large orb web some 1.5 metres across, stretching between trees or shrubs. Its dorsal surface is cryptically coloured with horny projections which aid in camouflage; legs are drably coloured seen from above and clearly zebra-striped when viewed f

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1. (c) Bernard DUPONT, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/14009126335/
2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerostris_sexcuspidata

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• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• World Spider Catalog (WSC)

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