Phonognatha graeffei

Leaf Curling Spider at Eden, NSW

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Phonognatha graeffei Yesterday NateKingsford
Unverified Yesterday chriselidie

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chriselidie wrote:
   Yesterday
Oh wow, it's a leaf curling spider. I didn't know they spin webs without leaves! This one didn't have one - is that common? Maybe it didn't find any or was working on it...
NateKingsford wrote:
   Yesterday
Generally they will have a leaf, or sometimes a snail shell, within their webs. Although like you said, it might have just started to build the web and yet to add a leaf. You could check again and see how the leaf situation has developed!

Rarely will you see leaf curling spiders without a leaf however
chriselidie wrote:
   Yesterday
That's interesting, thanks for explaining!

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