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

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    (c) Ioannis Magouras, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Albert Kang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Parinya Pawangkhanant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Dawn Farrar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Nicky Bay, all rights reserved

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Abandoned-web Orb-weaver

Parawixia dehaani

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About

Parawixia dehaani, known in Australia as the abandoned-web orb-weaver, is a species of orb weaver spider from the family Araneidae which is widely distributed in Australasia and eastern Asia. It is common in gardens, leading to it sometimes being known by the name common garden spider. The specific name is sometimes spelt dehaanii.

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