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Singapore Fishing Spider

vids — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:54:44 +0000

Nilus albocinctus, synonym Thalassius albocinctus, commonly called the fishing spider, is a species of spider found in tropical Asia from India to the Philippines. It is named after its habit of catching small fish. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Thalassius albocinctus

Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, October 2022

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Hyllus Diardi – Heavy Jumping spider

vids — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:44:58 +0000

Hyllus diardi is commonly known as heavy jumper. It is recognized as one of the largest jumping spiders in the world.

Hyllus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae. Most species occur in Africa and Madagascar, with many in Australasia and north to India. H. insularis is found in Greece and Iran, but it is considered misplaced in this genus, and is now Evarcha insularis. Wikipedia

Location: Lornie Road – February 2023

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Nephila Kuhlii

vids — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 10:49:41 +0000

Nephila kuhlii is an orb weaving spider found from tropical India through SE Asia to north Australia.

Nephila is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around the world. They are commonly called golden silk orb-weavers, golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders, or banana spiders.

Location: Pasir Ris Park – December 2022

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Macracantha arcuata

vids — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:56:14 +0000

Macracantha arcuata also known as the curved spiny spider.

Macracantha is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders recognized as containing the species, Macracantha arcuata, although some schemes also recognise inclusion of Gasteracantha hasselti in this genus. Wikipedia

Previously known as Gasteracantha arcuata, it was moved to the genus Macracantha by Patrick (2007). With its distinctively long and curved spines.

Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir – August 2022

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Corinnomma – Ant-like sac spiders

vids — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:12:53 +0000

Corinnomma – Ant-like sac spiders is a genus of African and Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880. Wikipedia

Location: Choa Chu Kang – April 2022

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Lichen Huntsman

vids — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:12:16 +0000

Pandercetes is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in his 1875 treatise on Australian spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia and are known for their cryptic colouration that matches local moss and lichen. Wikipedia

Location: Hindhede Nature Park – June 2022

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Tent-web Spider – Cyrtophora moluccensis

vids — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:11:52 +0000

Cyrtophora moluccensis is a tent-web spider in the orb-weaver family. It is commonly known as the tent spider or dome-web spider, and is native to India, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, and Tonga. It is often found in disturbed or open habitats from coasts to forest and mountainous interiors. Wikipedia

Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve – Feb 2022

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Wide-jawed Viciria Spider – Viciria praemandibularis

vids — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:31:57 +0000

Viciria is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877. The genus includes thirty-one accepted species. Wikipedia

Location: Thomson Nature Park – Feb 2022

Thanks, Ann N Kong Spiders of Singapore (S.O.S.) for the ID

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Gasteracantha Diardi

vids — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 14:55:26 +0000

Gasteracantha diardi is a species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha. It occurs in Southeast Asia.

Location: Upper Seletar Reservoir

Thanks Naomi Kim for spotting this spider

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Toxeus maxillosus

vids — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 08:53:55 +0000

Toxeus is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. The genus was synonymized with Myrmarachne by Eugène Simon in 1901, and remained a synonym until revived by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016, when he split up Myrmarachne.

The abdomen is oval, without a constriction. It probably mimics the Common Spiny Ants of the genus Polyharchis.

Classification: Family Salticidae, Jumping Spiders
Habitat: Shrubs in waste-land and jungle fringes.
Female: 6-7 mm.
Male: 5.5-8 mm (total length of male, including jaws: 7.5-12 mm).
Distribution: Singapore (new record), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Southern China.

Location: Choa Chu Kang

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