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Argiope catenulata
Grass Cross Spider (Argiope catenulata, Doleschall 1859; Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) is a species of Orb-weaver spider ranging from India to the Philippines to Papua New Guinea. Like other species of the same genus, it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum. (Wikipedia) In the Philippines, they are known as gagambang ekis ("X spider", due to the stabilementa), and gagambang pari ("priest spider", due to the spider's body resembling a priest's head with a mitre).
Backyard at Biñan, Laguna.
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/359...
Spotted on Sep 18, 2013
Submitted on Nov 25, 2015
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