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Gasteracantha kuhli
Colourful spider with spiny outgrowths. Apparently quite variable!
Under a mango tree in an eco resort. Close to Katwa in West Bengal.
The web was waving in the breeze and I simply could not focus. So I got one of the helpers there to hold his hand behind the web without touching it and managed a couple of blurry shots. But when I returned in 10 minutes the spider was gone. I think it is an orb weaver related to Gasteracantha....but maybe I am wrong.
Thank you, Francis Floe, i thought it LOOKED like Gasteracantha kuhli...but it is actually one. :)
Spotted on Mar 17, 2022
Submitted on Mar 28, 2022
