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Macracantha arcuata
They can grow up to 10mm in length and have a hard, flat body with three spines coming from the abdomen.
tropical rainforest
I spotted this at Kubah national park.
Spotted on Mar 12, 2014
Submitted on May 25, 2014
15 Comments
Thanks for everyones support and kind comments on this one. Sure, sotd of would be great venus, but it seems to be getting popular just on its own, which is great. Chun, I've updated.
Beautiful
dan, this thing desperately needs an SOTD, hope you get one
Amazing spotting Dan!
I have always wanted to spot one of these.
By the way, this species has already been moved to the "Macracantha" genus
so it is now known as Macracantha arcuata.
Gorgeous capture Dan,what a striking collour,awesome,congrats and thanks for sharing
wow!!! beautiful.....
Beautiful captures Dan !
Great spotting!
Wild!
Great spotting, great photography!
Thanks Rob, venus, Rieko and Tina. Yeah, Tina, it can be tough to focus on the horns but I'm always up for a macro challenge.
Very cool! I am sure that spider gave you a bit of a macro-photo challenge?
Nice!
simply terrific dan!
Great find Dan, everytime I see a Gasteracantha I'm simply amazed, thank you!!!