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  • Rough Twig Spider, 1 of 5
    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) 夏夕夏景, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rough Twig Spider, 2 of 5
    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) Marcus Woolley, all rights reserved

  • Rough Twig Spider, 3 of 5
    Photo 3 of 5

    (c) Jithesh Pai, all rights reserved

  • Rough Twig Spider, 4 of 5
    Photo 4 of 5

    (c) hokoonwong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rough Twig Spider, 5 of 5
    Photo 5 of 5

    (c) Mike Hooper, all rights reserved

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Rough Twig Spider

Poltys illepidus

Worldwide
1,186 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Poltys illepidus is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It was first described by C. L. Koch in 1843. The species is distributed across northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, extending north to Thailand and Japan.

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