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Orchard Orbweaver

Leucauge venusta

Description:

This multi colour spider has a heart figure under the torax.

Habitat:

Sub tropical

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3 Comments

DanielWhitlock
DanielWhitlock 11 years ago

Sure thing Luis! Gorgeous little spiders aren't they?

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Daniel Whitlock for the ID and the link

DanielWhitlock
DanielWhitlock 11 years ago

I'm not sure about species outside of the U.S. but this reminds me of our Orchard weavers, long-jawwed orb weavers in the genus Leucauge.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1998/bgima...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 30, 2012
Submitted on Mar 11, 2013

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