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Field Notes

Description:

Thought to be some species of small cow spider. Only a couple of centimetres in size.

Species ID Suggestions

Spiny Orb-weaver Spider

Gasteracantha cf. hasselti

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Comments (3)
bayucca
I am pretty sure it is a Gasteracantha sp., and might be a color variation of Gasteracantha hasseltii, assuming all the ID's are correct. If you google the name you will not find much or any with such a red base of the main spines as in yours, but I did not find any other similar looking spider as well, so I am still not 100% sure if it really is Gasteracantha hasseltii. Please, verify yourself! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/31527049 http://www.fobi.web.id/fbi/v/arachnid/f-ara/gas-has/ http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Gasteracantha_hasseltii.htm http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDpvjFO2trs/TpKoM0VX95I/AAAAAAAAAEk/yPixhtsUEOs/s640/IMG_3844-copy_filtered.jpg
Smith Zoo
A beauty, great capture nbbrown90!
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2014

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