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- Submitted: Sep 5, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 5, 2018
- Spider: Gasteracantha (Spiny Orb-weavers)
- Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Gasteracantha
(Spiny Orb-weavers)
Picture ID 34447
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Gasteracantha spp.
(Spiny Orb-weavers)
Family
Genus
Species - Submitted
Feb 16, 2019 - Photographed
Feb 8, 2019 
Kundasang, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
3 Comments
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Gasteracantha spp.
(Spiny Orb-weavers)Family
Genus
Species - Submitted Mar 3, 2018
- Photographed Feb 10, 2018
Male- Calicut, India
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Gasteracantha spp.
(Spiny Orb-weavers)Family
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Species - Submitted Feb 7, 2018
- Photographed Feb 7, 2018
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 1 Comments
So, someone left this on the front seat of my car. It’s obviously not alive, encased in some type of plastic – looks like it was meant to hang as a piece of jewelry. The spider itself looks quite real, however, and there’s a much smaller one in the teardrop above and to the left of the larger one. The top of the abdomen is sort of shield shaped, with 4 large spikey things along the bottom edge and 2 smaller spikes on either side, closer to the head.I have no idea how this got in my car or who… Read more »
Hi, the big spider is a spiny orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis. Did you ever find out who thought this would be funny? Or more importantly, who got into your car?
That’s odd. I agree with Gasteracantha. Since this was encased in resin I don’t know what country the spider originally came from. The spines look a bit on the long side (like G. hasselti), it might be a different species in the genus so I just filed it to genus.