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Bird-dropping Spiders
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Bird-dropping Spiders

Celaenia

Celaenia is a spider genus in the family Araneidae.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Bird-dropping Spider

speciesCelaenia excavata

Marbled Bird-dropping Spider

speciesCelaenia calotoides

Celaenia olivacea

speciesCelaenia olivacea

Celaenia tuberosa

speciesCelaenia tuberosa

Atkinson's Bird-dropping Spider

speciesCelaenia atkinsoni

Celaenia distincta

speciesCelaenia distincta

Celaenia penna

speciesCelaenia penna

False Bird-dropping Spider

speciesCelaenia dubia

Celaenia hectori

speciesCelaenia hectori

Celaenia tumidosa

speciesCelaenia tumidosa

Celaenia voraginosa

speciesCelaenia voraginosa

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 379529.