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the opisthosoma is huge and bumpy, and there is a pattern that looks like a mask !

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very common spider here in Panama, also known as "spiny crab spider", but Jorge will say the name "crab spider" must be reserved to the thomisids .. for me, honestly, this one looks much more like a crab than most thomisids .. maybe we can say a crab orbweaver ? :))

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hersiliids are also known and Two-Tailed Spiders or Long-Spinneret Bark Spiders
hey Jorge, look at the opisthosoma .. is it not your face there by any chance ? :)))

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this one was bigger than my hand ! we also found another one, a different species, and whip spdiers, will post those later

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