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Micrathena decorate
a type of orb weaver. I thought I had spotted this before but can't find it in my spottings. not sure of the species.
cloudforest, 2400m
I spotted this in Santuario Otun Quimbaya.
Spotted on Dec 20, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2013
12 Comments
Should be Decorata :-)
Thanks for the species ID William, sorry for the late response.
Micrathena decorata, an endemic spider from Colombia!
Possibly the best Spiny orb weaver I've ever seen.
Super!
Thanks vivian, Gilma, Landmark, dotun, Mark and bayucca for the comments and confirmation.
Agree with Micrathena sp., unfortunately there are as I remember more than 50 species in Colombia...
Fabulous Dan.
Yes, obviously a spiny orb-weaver
it looks like a spiny orbweaver, dunno exact sp.
Nice picture of a Micrathena Sp., dandoucette.
really fabulous!