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Leucauge decorata
Leucauge decorata, the decorative silver orb spider, is one of the long-jawed orb weaver spiders. A medium to large sized orb weaving spider, with a body length up to 12 mm long (female). Male to 6 mm. This species has a "point" to the end of the abdomen. The species is distributed in Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan, south east Asia, and Australia. [1][2][3] It is found in forests, grasslands, rice fields, and urban areas.[4] In urban areas, streetlights attracted insects leading to more webs of L. decorata on trees beside such lights.[4] L. decorata was among the preferred spider species predated by the mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron madraspatanum for larval food in Pune city.[5] References
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