Gagambang X

When i was young, I was facinated with spiders. I can even remember doing a personal research about the arachnids and kept them as pets just to closely observed their ways.

So far, I have only come across the three species: the "gagambang talon", a 1-cm specie which is commonly found in window panes; the gagambang bahay, a relatively bigger specie which is brown and measures about 5 cm and is commonly found in home storage areas; and the "gagambang kuryente", which has a yellow and black stripe on its body (dont know why it was called such, maybe because it is commonly found in electrical posts near trees).

Some time ago, I came across another specie - the gagambang X. You'll see why it was called such.


Trying to get the auto-focus working... hope she doesn't suddenly decide to shift to jump-and-bite mode as the rumored victim to the bite of this creepy crawler went crazy.

a little more... my apologies, i am only using a 3.2-MP sony ericsson phone cam

there! can you see its back? there seems to be a hard shell protecting its body. the shape of the thorax is also peculiar with all the semi-spikes protruding.

notice the black and white pattern on the head. also, there seemed to be a green mini-arm. and finally, the reason behind the name, the weird pattern on the net