One day my sister and I went to the garden. Then we found something strange. Guess what is this, guys? Is this an owl? Or just a twig? If you look closely, you can see the legs. At least it is known that it is an animal. But what exactly is the animal? At that time we did not know for sure. So we tried to see it more closely using lenses from various sides. Its small size makes it quite difficult to observe with the naked eye. The shape (morphology) and the colour are like twigs, making it camouflage perfectly. Besides, it didn't move at all. So we put it in a magnifying jar that has a magnification of 3x and 5x. The legs are seen clutching dry leaves. But it still did not move at all. So, w e tried to shake it, and make it move. Evidently, the animal is a spider. Based on literature and discussions with friends at iNaturalist, we finally know its classification. This spider is scientifically named Poltys illepidus, and is also known as' Tree-Stump
"One will never know what he lost if he never knows what he had" -Wong and Arshad (2011).
