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Spiny Orbweaver Spider

Gasteracantha diardi

Photo by AlbertKang
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small in size, around 1 cm width, back is red in colour and tips of spines are black.
Tip of spines on the side has bluish tint on the underside.

Not sure, but could be from the genus Gasteracantha.

Habitat:

Tropical forest

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
LaurenZarate
Marvelous little fellow! You find the most notoriously marvelous things!
AlbertKang
Thanks, @ChunXingWong for the ID, and yes indeed, without lighting, this Spider looks all black in colour.
ChunXingWong
Yes. It is a Gasteracantha diardi. Under the sunlight it looks black but under a strong camera flash it turns red.

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PublishedApril 26, 2017

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