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Garden Orb Web Spider

Argiope australis

Photo by ArnoMeintjes
Published on Project Noah
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Species ID Suggestions

Garden Orb Web Spider

Argiope australis
Johan Heyns
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Johan Heyns
Nice shot Arno! This might be a male, but to say that definitely, a closeup of the face is required. Try to take as many shots as you can from the side, top and front. For spider ID the eye patterns are very helpful for identification purposes.

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedMarch 16, 2013

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