Orchestina is a genus of very small Oonopid spiders with an enlarged femur on leg IV. The male is about .6mm, the female .8mm. They are relatively common in moist warm areas like sub-tropical rainforest. They are one spider in this family without a sclerotized scute on the abdomen (clam shell). The mail has extraordinarily large palpal organs. These spiders have six eyes, and are mostly yellow-brown.
- Female adult facing
- Female adult underneath
- Female adult side view
- Male adult facing
- Male adult side view
- Male adult underneath
- Male adult palp
- Male adult 2 facing
- Male adult 2 palp
- Male adult 2 palp
- Male 18710 from below
- Male 18710 facing
- Male 18710 palp
- Orchestina sp. Lamington NP
- Orchestina sp. 2 Lamington NP
Female adult facing
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Female adult underneath
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Female adult side view
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Male adult facing
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Male adult side view
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Male adult underneath
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Male adult palp
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Male adult 2 facing
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Male adult 2 palp
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Male adult 2 palp
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Male 18710 from below
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Male 18710 facing
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Male 18710 palp
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Orchestina sp. Lamington NP
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Orchestina sp. 2 Lamington NP
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