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Photo by GemmaMarjaya
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Field Notes

Description:

The photo doesn't show the colour as bright as it was. the yellow was more like gold.

Habitat:

This was in our house. In Lombok Indonesia.

Notes:

This is the only time I have seen this in 14 years in Indonesia.

Species ID Suggestions

Argiope Spider

Argiope appensa

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bayucca
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St. Andrew Cross spider or Writing spider

Argiope sp.

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dotun55
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Comments (4)
bayucca
I think this one is Appensa. http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/9853646 Other common one might be Argiope modesta, but this one is in my eyes more black/grayish than reddish like yours and Appensa. The scond link from above shows in my eyes also Modesta than Appensa. http://www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/6765103853/in/photostream/page2/
dotun55
Quite difficult to ascertain the exact species this belongs to based on the spotting location. We could use a little help from an expert arachnologist.
GemmaMarjaya
Thank you Dan. I had a look but the wiki page had no info on it for some reason..
Dan Doucette
This looks like a species of Argiope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_(spider)
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PublishedJuly 8, 2012

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