Male wandering spider with large pedipalps. The pedipalps, near the front of the head, are appendages found in a range of arthropods including arachni

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Male wandering spider with large pedipalps. The pedipalps, near the front of the head, are appendages found in a range of arthropods including arachnids (spiders). They can vary greatly in size and function, but here are used for manipulation during feeding and reproduction. Photographed in rainforest at an elevation of 900 metres in the Rio Bigal Biological Reserve, near Sumaco National Park, Ecuador.

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Size: 3650px × 2433px
Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, american, animal, arachnid, arthropod, biological, biology, brazilian, ctenidae, ecuador, ecuadorian, fauna, forest, invertebrate, latin, male, nature, pedipalp, pedipalps, rainforest, south, spider, tropical, tropics, wandering, wildlife, zoological, zoology