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Why is Madagascar so special?
Biographies in biodiversity
The human scene
Conservation issues
Travel and tourism
Information sources and contacts
Urban areas
Rainforest
Dry tropical forest
Spiny desert
Madagascar locations map
Spider with a sewed leaf nest
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This spider has sewed up a bamboo leaf to make a hanging nest. One well known Malagasy spider commonly hoists a snail shell up into the web for use as a shelter.
Contents:
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Ranomafana National Park
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Tree Flower
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Brown Lemur
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Research station
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Kids in town
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Vatoharanana
River
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Orange and blue leafhopper
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Saribia butterfly
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Yellow line caterpillar
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Caterpillars
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Wasp on nest
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Pygmy Grasshopper
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Spider with a sewed leaf nest
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Analamazoatra Special Reserve
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Montagne d'Ambre National Park
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Masoala
Peninsula
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Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve
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Former rainforest near Sambava
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