A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Most brilliantly colored spider I've seen. Photographing it without disturbing its web was quite a task!
Spotted on Aug 3, 2011
Submitted on Dec 3, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks Karen. It is definitely an orchard spider. I am sure it is of the Venusta Orchard Weaver type. (http://www.spiderzrule.com/venusta.htm). It is probable that this one is Leucauge celebesiana, but most pictures of the Leucauge celebesiana show orange markings, which are not there on this one.
Look up orchard spiders. There is a similar spider in the Americas Leucauge venusta and I found reference to one in INdia so I'm sure you will find it
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-str...