Comments & ID Thoughts
guess:Argiope Australis maybe?
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- Submitted: Sep 4, 2022
- Photographed: Sep 4, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Qrendi, Malta
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
https://spiderid.com/picture/163133/
Same spider
I doubt it. The spider above is probably Argiope genus..like you guessed. But Im not sure on species
UPDATE!!! Its a Argiope lobata
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-180657163/stock-photo-argiope-lobata-is-a-species-of-spider-belonging-to-the-family-araneidae-it-has-a-wide-distribution-encompassing-the-whole-of-africa-and-stretching-to-southern-europe-and-into-asia