Sequined Spider Animal Pictures

Thwaitesia argentiopunctata

© Poyt448 Peter Woodard / Creative Commons – License / Original

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Sequined spider

Sequined spider — © Vinicius R Souza/Shutterstock.com

A sequined spider feeds on a beetle.

spider on White Beech leaf possibly Theridion ssp. leaf Gmelina leichhardtii. Chatswood West, NSW, Australia. Identified by the Australian Museum as likely to be Thwaitesia argentiopunctata License Url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Sequined Spider or Mirror Spider — © Poyt448 Peter Woodard / Creative Commons — License (Original)

The sequined spider's abdomen scatters light and makes it difficult for predators to see it.