Bird-dropping spider
This is a fascinating spider, mimicking bird droppings to keep itself camouflaged. They almost exclusively eats male moths, which they attract by excreting a scent that mimics that of the pheromones that the female moths excrete to attract them. Bit of a nasty surprise I recon.
They are not aggressive to humans, but this one was not pleased with me moving the leaf around to get a better shot, so warned me with a drop of venom with which it likely planned to defend itself.
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