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Spider camouflaged as leaf bud - Tmarus
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Spider camouflaged as leaf bud - Tmarus
Leander, Travis County, Texas, USA
March 18, 2017
Appeared to be a crab spider camouflaging as a leaf bud. As I moved around to get a better angle, it turned around and briefly held the front sets of legs in a crab-spider-like position

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Contributed by Alysa Joaquin on 19 March, 2017 - 11:36pm
Last updated 20 March, 2017 - 9:05am

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