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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) t-weichselbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

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    (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Graeme Cocks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Amos T Fairchild, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Northern Jewelled Spider

Gasteracantha fornicata

Worldwide
2,453 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Gasteracantha fornicata (northern jewelled spider) is a species of spiny orb-weavers (family Araneidae) found in Queensland Australia. It is similar in shape to Austracantha minax which was originally described as Gasteracantha minax. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, the first Australian species of spider to be named and classified.

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