Pandercetes gracilis

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title: "Pandercetes gracilis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sparassidae", "spiders-of-indonesia", "spiders-of-australia", "spiders-described-in-1875"] description: "Species of spider" topic_path: "geography/indonesia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandercetes_gracilis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of spider ::

| taxon = Pandercetes gracilis | name = Lichen huntsman spider | image = Pandercetes gracilis 1733.jpg | image_caption = Cairns, Queensland, Australia | authority = C.L. Koch, 1875 Pandercetes gracilis, also called the lichen huntsman spider and the lichen spider, is a huntsman spider found on New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and in Queensland, Australia. Individuals can vary in color and many color forms exist, but unlike squids and certain reptiles, color is fixed at its previous molt. It hunts by hiding among moss and lichen, then ambushing prey that comes into range by pouncing on it.

References

References

1. neil. "Lichen Spiders". Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD.
2. (2019). "''Pandercetes gracilis'' L. Koch, 1875". Natural History Museum Bern.

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