Comments & ID Thoughts
Spotted this spider on a tour of some Paddy fields near Hoi An. It was actually near some water...i was looking for a frog when i spotted it.
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- Submitted: Apr 21, 2018
- Photographed: Mar 25, 2018
- Spider: Argiope catenulata (Grass Cross Spider)
- Location: Hoi An, Vietnam, Vietnam
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Lateral, Webs
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like Argiope catenulata. There are other species in the genus in range I’m not familiar with, I need to check them to make sure they’re not too similar to distinguish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_catenulata