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Orb-weaver spider

Micrathena sp.

Photo by FelipeVeloza
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Field Notes

Description:

Family Araneidae

Notes:

Great color, looks like the german or belgian flag. Probabgly genus Micrathena or Gasteracantha

Species ID Suggestions

Micrathena sp.
bayucca
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Comments (8)
bayucca
Found a 2nd one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7357887@N04/4638960709
bayucca
Remembers me of Micrathena raimondi, but I am not 100% sure. Your perspective is tricky to compare with the Raimondi I found: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/455919603/
AshleyBradford
Its spines and spinnerets make me think it's some kind of Micrathena, but I am not familiar with spiders in your region so I can't say for sure. They're generally known as Spined Orbweavers, which matches the comment above. Whatever it is, it's beautiful!
Ashish
Thorny and Spiny spider... A type of Weaver spiders.

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedOctober 24, 2011

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