Just wondering if anybody knows what kind of spider this is? She is about half the size of a pea and had attached her sticky green sack of eggs to my car pretty good!
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Re: Kinda Spider?
It's a spiny-backed spider, probably Thelacantha brevispina. Here are a few other photos of that species.
There is also another spiny-backed spider species in Hawaii, Gasteracantha cancriformis, that's more colorful, with a white body and red spikes on the sides. I found some info on these two species at this UH Manoa web page.
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Re: Kinda Spider?
common name: spinybacked orbweaver
scientific name: Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
we have tons of them in capt cook...this is the time of year they are out in force....their webs are a pain in the neck to deal with.very strong andwhen we walk around the farm you must have a stick to clear the webs or you go crazy....they eat lots of insects so we tolerate them/the bigger the government the smaller the citizen.
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Meet the biggest spider in the world: It can grow up to 11 inches in length. (msn.com)
I don't like spiders and snakes.
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New species of ‘giant’ spider discovered hiding underground in Australia, experts say (yahoo.com)
Giant spiders from down under.
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Largest Spiders in the World Are Not for the Faint of Heart (msn.com)
Friendly neighborhood spiders.
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