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Spider ID? - Gasteracantha cancriformis
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Spider ID? - Gasteracantha cancriformis
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
September 19, 2008
Contributed by rono359 on 19 September, 2008 - 12:04pm
Last updated 10 October, 2008 - 4:08pm

Gasteracantha
Looks like a Spiny Back Orb Weaver. Take a look here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1982
… Michael Battenberg, 19 September, 2008 - 12:59pm

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