Bird Dropping Spider. They are named so because of their large size and a color pattern closely similar to that of a bird s dropping. A squat black brown and cream coloured spider 12 mm female or 25 mm male.
Bird-dropping Spiders are sometimes called Bird Dung Spiders. This protects them from being eaten by predators such as birds and wasps. Apart from these there are other species too like those of the Mastophora genus that also bear a resemblance to bird droppings.
Bird-dropping Spider with egg sacks.
Habitat Found in many different habitats including suburban gardens but are hard to spot. One of the best known Bird-dropping Spiders is Celaenia excavata. However there are other species of spider that resemble bird droppings for example species of Mastophora a bolas spider. Feeds at night using mimicry to capture its prey.