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Yellow Spiny orb-weaver
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Enio Branco (Brutamonte)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-05-25 |
| Categories: Spiders |
| Camera: Sony T200 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-05-27 8:48 |
| Viewed: 603 |
| Points: 2 |
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Spiny orb-weaver
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Gasteracantha
The spiny orb-weavers (genus Gasteracantha) are a type of spider. They are also commonly called Spiny-backed orb-weavers, due to the prominent spines on their abdomen. These spiders can reach sizes of up to 30mm in diameter (measured from spike to spike). Although their shell is shaped like a crab shell with spikes, it is not to be confused with a crab spider. |
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strange spider. It was hard to tell what it was without reading the description, I know you are trying to show it's spiny back, but a little bit of the head would help to identify it as a spider
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