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Two-tailed Spiders - Photo (c) Iván Montes de Oca Cacheux, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Iván Montes de Oca Cacheux CC
Two-tailed Spiders (Family Hersiliidae) Info
The tree trunk spiders are members of the tropical and semi-tropical family Hersiliidae. There are about 150 species in this family. These spiders have two very prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen. So they are also sometimes known as "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from about 10 mm (0.4 inch) to 18 mm (0.7 inch) long. Being very well camouflaged for life on the varicolored trunks of trees, they have an interesting way... (Wikipedia)
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Two-tailed Spiders (Genus Hersilia) Info
Hersilia is a genus in the Hersiliidae family. They are sometimes known as long-spinnered bark spiders or two-tailed spiders, due to their greatly enlarged spinnerets. (Wikipedia)
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Two-tailed Spiders (Genus Tamopsis) Info
Tamopsis is a genus of spiders in the family Hersiliidae, found in Australia and New Guinea. Like other members of the family, they may be called two-tailed spiders, referring to two elongated spinnerets. (Wikipedia)
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Brisbane's Two-tailed Spider (Tamopsis brisbanensis) Info
Tamopsis brisbanensis is a species of spider in the family Hersiliidae, found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales). It is sometimes called the Brisbane two-tailed spider. It is one of a large number of new Tamopsis species described by Barbara Baehr and Martin Baehr between 1987 and 1998. (Wikipedia)