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Russian Tent Spider -Cyrtophora parnasia <a href="http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/RTent.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/RTent.htm</a> Australia,Cyrtophora parnasia,Geotagged,Russian Tent Spider,Spring

Russian Tent Spider -Cyrtophora parnasia

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Another oddity I had never heard of, thanks for the education! Posted 9 years ago

Mark Ridgway

Lion

What a fabulous structure and waterproof too.
I noticed there are two.. C hirta (Russian tent spider) and C parnasia (Small Russian tent spider) so it looks like Peter Chew has mixed them up.
Still nobody can tell me why they're Russian though. http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2262 Posted 9 years ago
1. Christiane Geissler
  
  Mountain Gorilla
  
  When I spotted these nets the first time I did not know they where called that but I thought " WOW they look like the old circus tent from the Russian Circus in Europe..." I guess that's were they got the name from.. :) Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Mark Ridgway
    
    Lion
    
    Your pic is definitely the best looking 'tent' on the web. Well done. Posted 9 years ago

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The Russian Tent Spider

The Russian Tent Spider is a spider in the Cyrtophora genus, which builds cone-like semi-permanent webs to catch prey.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Christiane Geissler

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Uploaded Mar 13, 2016. Captured Nov 14, 2013 10:59 in 268 Wonbah Rd, Wonbah QLD 4671, Australia.

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