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Northern Jewel Gasteracantha Fornicata. There is a joke in there somewhere because they are seemingly everywhere. Must be prolific. Aka: Northern Jeweled Spider. Aiyura Valley Gastercantha Fornicata Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Northern Jewel

Gasteracantha Fornicata. There is a joke in there somewhere because they are seemingly everywhere. Must be prolific. Aka: Northern Jeweled Spider. Aiyura Valley

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The Gastercantha Fornicata

''Gasteracantha fornicata'' is a species of spiny orb-weavers found in Queensland Australia. It is similar in shape to ''Austracantha minax'' which was originally described as ''Gasteracantha minax''. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, the first Australian species of spider to be named and classified.

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Uploaded Mar 26, 2020. Captured Mar 26, 2020 10:26.
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  • iPhone 5s
  • f/2.2
  • 1/33s
  • ISO40
  • 4.15mm