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Spiny back orb weaver

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Description:

A small, spiny black orb weaver with sparse yellow spots

Habitat:

Between two palms in her web in port Douglas, Australia

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2 Comments

thrownshuriken
thrownshuriken 10 years ago

No it was too far away for me to get the other side sorry.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Try Gasteracantha sp. and may be Gasteracantha fornicata??? Yours shows only the backside. Do you have any other picture?

thrownshuriken
Spotted by
thrownshuriken

Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Jan 2, 2014
Submitted on Jan 5, 2014

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