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Australian Christmas spider Austracantha minax<br /> This young girl was setting up shop in the back of someone&#039;s vintage pick-up truck.<br /> Also called jewel spider. About 12mm overall body.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106396/austrocantha_minax.html" title="Austrocantha minax"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2532/106396_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=q9whTHwwkImD%2BzKbryOsenXHKLw%3D" width="200" height="136" alt="Austrocantha minax The other view of the little girl in the back of a vintage pick-up truck.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106269/australian_christmas_spider.html Austracantha minax,Jewel spider,orb weaver" /></a></figure> Austracantha minax,Australia,Christmas spider,Geotagged,Orb Weaver Spider,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Australian Christmas spider

Austracantha minax
This young girl was setting up shop in the back of someone's vintage pick-up truck.
Also called jewel spider. About 12mm overall body.

Austrocantha minax The other view of the little girl in the back of a vintage pick-up truck.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106269/australian_christmas_spider.html Austracantha minax,Jewel spider,orb weaver

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    What a pretty spider! <3 I love the name too! Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Mark Ridgway's profile
      Mark Ridgway
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      One of those I wanted to find for years and now it turns up fairly often (in the right season). Posted 4 years ago

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The Christmas Jewel Spider

"Austracantha" is a genus of spider with a single species, "Austracantha minax". It is a member of the family Araneidae and is endemic to Australia. They are relatively small spiders, reaching a maximum total body length of only around 12 mm for females, and 5 mm for males. Their abdomen has six distinctive projections that makes them easy to identify.

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Species identified by Mark Ridgway
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By Mark Ridgway

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Uploaded Dec 28, 2020. Captured Dec 23, 2020 10:47 in 14 Twenty First St, Eildon VIC 3713, Australia.
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  • TG-6
  • f/4.5
  • 1/400s
  • ISO100
  • 9.01mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.