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Leucorchestris arenicola (commonly called the Dancing White Lady Spider) is a huntsman spider found in the deserts of Namibia. It should not be confused with the similarly named Wheel spider from the same locale. It relies on seismic vibrations for communication. It taps its foremost legs on the sand to send messages to other white lady spiders. Male white lady spiders will travel more than a mile in one night searching for a mate. If they do find a mate, they must be extremely careful, for…

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The wheel spider, golden wheel spider, or dancing white lady spider (Carparachne aureoflava), is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. This spider should not be confused with Leucorchestris arenicola, a spider sharing the same common name as well as the same locale. The spider escapes parasitic pompilid wasps by flipping onto its side and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds of up to 44 turns per second. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Family Thomisidae The first time I had ever seen this spider. I did not know what this was when I saw it on the computer enlarged. I thought it might have been a jumping spider that had shed its skin!! But I don't think spiders do that. Only today I found the name of this spider. Here is some information about this taken from two sources:- White Crab Spider also known as White Flower Spider. This species of Flower Spiders are a little larger than the Diaea species. The spiders also hide in…

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