Gasteracantha cancriformis
(Spiny-backed Orb-weaver)

Picture ID 13405

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Found this in bed.

Submitted by:
ba5245
Submitted: May 15, 2018
Photographed: May 3, 2017
Spider: Gasteracantha cancriformis (Spiny-backed Orb-weaver)
Location: GREENVILLE, South Carolina, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
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BugmanDan

May 15, 2018 3:37 pm

Hi. this is a spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2026
A very low threat, one of my favorite spiders.
Welcome to the site.

ba5245

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Reply to BugmanDan

May 15, 2018 4:11 pm

Hmm interesting, wonder how it ended up in my bed.

BugmanDan

Reply to ba5245

May 15, 2018 4:20 pm

Usually finding orb weavers indoors is the result of blindly traipsing through a web and picking up a hitchhiker. Males may wander and possibly stray indoors,this is female though.