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    (c) Julien Rouard - Dreamtime Nature Photography, all rights reserved

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) 許慶強, all rights reserved

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Pete Woodall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Franz Anthony, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) sabarka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) 邱仲良, all rights reserved

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Dome Web Spider

Cyrtophora moluccensis

Worldwide
4,769 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Cyrtophora moluccensis is a tent-web spider in the orb-weaver family. It is native to India, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, and Tonga. It is often found in disturbed or open habitats from coasts to forest and mountainous interiors.

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