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| Query: Orb-weaver spider | Result: 2nd of 45 | |
Strange Florida Spider...
| Subject: | Strange Florida Spider...
| | Poster: | "Gerry" (gmantha@home.com)
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 02:14:35 GMT |
Strange Florida Spider...
Now what is this?
spider1.jpg
Comments
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From: John White
Subject: Re: Strange Florida Spider...
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:41:01 -0700
Hi Gerry,
Great Shot! Your spider is a Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver (Gasteracantha
elipsoides). It's found from North Carolina to Florida and west to
California. It eats small insects.
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Best Regards,
John White
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| The spiny orb-weavers (genus Gasteracantha) are a type of spider. They are also commonly called Spinybacked 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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| Gasteracantha cancriformis (the crab spider, spiny-backed orbweaver, spiny orbweaver spider, crab-like orbweaver spider, crab-like spiny orbweaver spider, jewel spider, spiny-bellied orbweaver, jewel box spider or smiley face spider) is a species of spider. |
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| is the Spiny Orb Weaver venomous? |
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