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What the...never heard of nor seen the like.

I'm not convinced this is real - or at least that it has been given the right name.

No mentions in wikipedia, or the formidable array of library subscription resources I have at my finger tips. Google only brings up reblogs, and the name Australian Stained-Glass Mirror Spider. And this is the only image that I can find.

But I persist - hunting for the photographer name find his blog, he's a Singaporean macro photographer!

http://sgmacro.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/transformation-of-mirror-spider.html

He says it is Thwaitesia sp. (the wikipedia entries for subspecies are mostly stubs) and he is the one who calls it a 'mirror spider'.

Another Nicky Bay photo - he calls it the 'Skull faced caterpiller' - I think he is a better photographer than zoologist.

Thwaitesia - What the man calls a mirror spider
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thwaitesia

T. affinis, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Theridiidae
Subfamily: Spintharinae
Genus: Thwaitesia
O. P-Cambridge, 1881
Species
See text.
Diversity
22 species
Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.
It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.
The female T. affinis is 4.5 mm long, the male 2.7 mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.
Species[edit source | editbeta]

Thwaitesia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 (Panama to Paraguay)
Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 (Algeria)
Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra)
Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) (Queensland)
Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) (Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay)
Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 (India)
Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (China)
Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) (Réunion)
Thwaitesia margaritifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 (Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam)
Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) (Queensland)
Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar, Vietnam)
Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1882 (Madagascar)
Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea)
Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)
Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) (Brazil)
Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar)
Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 (Panama to Venezuela)
Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 (Sierra Leone)

Yeah Ed, I posted that wikipedia had stub entries for all the subspecies of Thwaitesia.

vonny, An amphibian ham. And my favorite fish. Is the white fuzzy animal in the person's hand a bunny? Hard to tell. But tres dear. Love the bamboo eaters. Thanks for them all, kid.

FBM, Is that a caterpillar or some kinda woim or slug?

Reg, The owl looks pooped. But what magnificent wing feathers.

edgar, Extraordinary arachnid. Wow. What are the chances that a firefly will land on your finger--with a camera at the ready? A doozy, kid. Thanks.

HH, I did some poking around on google. Found some contradictory info. Most of the photos are by the same guy.

Flying fish:

Civets:

According to an entymologist friend it's a sawfly larva. I googled it. They seem to come in a wide range of flavors...

Red Eft

http://tinyurl.com/la5yyfj

Rainbow Leaf Beetle

tsar, Bronx cheer.

Erm...

vonny, There's necking, and then there's necking. Great shot. Thanks.

FBM, That's a beautiful insect. What is it? Hey, bug. You're looking good.

Andean mountain cat: