Unknown orbweaver

Absolutely Mark & Lauren!

We may have got a little closer to identifying this little guy - Mandy howe passed the photo on to Dr. Adalberto Santos http://www.icb.ufmg.br/zoo//pages/laboratorios/aracnologia.php, an arachnoligist with ICB/UFMG department of Zoology who is researching Araneidae in South America. His reply was: "Nice picture! This looks like a member of the genus *Ocrepeira* (family Araneidae), but it wouldn't be possible to determine the species by a photo. We should have the specimen to examine to say anything beyond that. I can say I have never seen any species like this, but it could as well be a juvenile." Mandy has used this as a starting point & has identified similarities in body shape to Ocrepeira yaelae though the colors do not match those of the adult specimens she has found.

Thank you sintija!

Very possibly Uday. I've had no luck identifying the species & have posted it on many spider boards. Thanks for the link.

Thanks ceejay! Unfortunately no one else seems to have seen one either so I can't put a name to the species yet!

Thank you Env!

It does Jemma!

Thanks Cindy - it was only the size of a pinhead so I'm amazed I found it, especially as we were in a motor canoe traveling at speed & getting soaked by torrential rain!

Thanks Jason!

Thank you Andrea! You are right - it does look like a kid's art!

Thanks Daniel - it could well be this photo you've seen elsewhere as I posted it on a few of the boards!

Thanks for the link Adarsha. I will send them the pic & see if they have any ideas.

Part of me is kind of hoping I don't Atul - it would be really cool to discover a new species!

Haha Dez, good to hear you get your inspiration from nature!

Thank you Mayra & Hema!

Thanks Joe!

Thanks Luc!

It's definitely a spider of some kind Telse but I've never seen one with this form.

I've never seen anything like it either Mark!

Thanks Chun! Any ideas on its species?

:-)

Thank you Carly, Gerardo & Gilma! I wonder if I will get an ID for this.

Thank you for your kind words Yuko!

Thank you SFShep!