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Photo by Meera Sabu
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Field Notes

Description:

It has a unique marbling pattern of colours like black and white on the abdomen.It has a orange head.Orange and black patterns on its limbs.It has a little resemblence with hypsosinga spider.

Species ID Suggestions

Kidney spider

Araneus mitificus
sneha
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Comments (1)
mauna Kunzah
This is quite an ornate spider! There are many species of Araneus in India (https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/list?taxon=268982), but this is not marmoreus. I think for now, it is best to leave the spider's species name as "Araneus sp.".

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PublishedApril 18, 2020

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