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Micrathena gracilis
I believe the specimen is a Micrathena gracilis due to its 10 spines. According to Wikipedia only female specimens can create webs, so this would be one of them. Total length of the spider was about 1 centimeter.
Bushes in tropical warm weather (30C).
Spotted on Dec 8, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2013
4 Comments
Fabuloso::
Very cool spikes!
Thank you very much! I wish I had found you earlier!
Lovely capture!
Welcome to the community Ricardo!