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Gasteracantha cancriformis
This guy was busy constructing a web and had no time to hold still for a photo shoot.
Spotted on Sep 14, 2012
Submitted on Sep 14, 2012
3 Comments
nice spot
yeah. I've always known them to be called crab spiders. But I see that common name is for a spider of a much different variety
This cool spider is also called the Spinybacked Orbweaver and about eight other common names. They have no relations to Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae).