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Gasteracantha sp.

📷 Olympus OM-1
🔭 Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro
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You’re not likely to see one of these pretty Orb Weaving spiders in suburbia - I found a large colony of them in Churchill National Park.They are called 6 Horned or 6 Spined Spiders, for obvious reasons. This one is a male - the females are plain black.
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Here is an image of Gasteracantha geminata from the garden.
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