Unidentified

Picture ID 152830

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Orb Weaver

Submitted by:
jsgman
Submitted: Dec 5, 2021
Photographed: Dec 5, 2021
Spider: Unidentified
Location: Sarasota , Florida, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: Yes
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TangledWeb

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December 5, 2021 8:58 pm

Yes, a Spiny-backed Orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis.

Jsgman

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Reply to TangledWeb

February 13, 2022 10:51 pm

Thanks

Neverbug

February 14, 2022 1:35 pm

I don’t know what that is, but it’s magnificent!

TangledWeb

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Reply to Neverbug

February 15, 2022 2:04 am

They are really cool! They’re look strange making ornate webs while they’re all pointy and heavily armored against being swallowed by predators. Looking up at their undersides, they have a color like the night sky with colorful speckles that look like stars.