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Nephila

Photo by Jee Francis
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Field Notes

Description:

Spider in a shrub in the garden. The first photograph is a top view. Second and the fourth bottom view. Third one side view.

Habitat:

Bush

Notes:

Garden at Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Species ID Suggestions

Decorative Silver Orb Spider

Leucauge decorata

Reference Link
Saturniidae27
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Comments (3)
Machi
Looks a bit like a Leucauge sp. to me. Nice photos! I took the liberty of removing the text from the scientific name field and checked the "Help me ID this species" box for you. If you fill in the scientific name field with anything your spotting won't appear in the unidentified spottings list.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Hello Jee Francis and welcome to the Project Noah community! Nice first spotting! Project Noah is a tool for people to learn about wildlife, share wildlife spottings, build nature journals and engage in citizen science. Here you will find a friendly community of people passionate about wildlife and conservation. We are thrilled for you to join Project Noah. We hope you enjoy our website and community as much as us! Enjoy yourself, learn, share and I will see you around :)
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PublishedJune 29, 2020

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