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Photo by JustinLawler
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Field Notes

Description:

A jewel spider of some sort. Bout the size of a 5 or 10 cent piece.

Habitat:

On a rose bush in South Australia.

Species ID Suggestions

jewel spider

Austracantha minax

Comments (1)

Beautiful!! It seems to Gasteracantha cancriformis. According to wikipedia, has been sighted in Australia. But, I'm not sure.
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PublishedApril 2, 2016

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