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Species Gasteracantha cancriformis - Spinybacked Orbweaver


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Range map for Spinybacked Orbweaver
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Alabama    12431255 
Arkansas       1    
California        5   
Florida14866913101424101219
Georgia    1  18131 
Louisiana    2 1153 2
Maryland      24131 
Mississippi        14  
Missouri       4    
North Carolina 3    22105 1
Oklahoma         1  
Pennsylvania         1  
South Carolina     13132  
Tennessee     1   2  
Texas3   3522 2316163
Virginia      4 3   

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