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  • RBS
    Veteran
    • Sep 2007
    • 15178

    #1

    Help identifying something

    Have any one of you ever seen this animal? I sure haven't. With my glasses on I did not see it well and thought it was a lady bug who got caught in a spider net so I removed it. A few minutes later it was back on the spider web so I assume it belongs there and is the builder of it. Isn't it a weird looking thing, only about 4 mm wide.

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  • old biker
    Super Biker Mod
    • Jan 2007
    • 26095

    #2
    never saw this before in my life
    must be some kind of spider ,but the webb doesn't seems to be build to catch something small though

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    • RBS
      Veteran
      • Sep 2007
      • 15178

      #3
      I found it after typing in the right words in googlesearch. Its a Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis). Gonna leave this thread up in case other mysteries need solving.

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      • EscapeGirl
        Super Kitty
        • May 2006
        • 50764

        #4
        It's creepy looking. Eek.

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        • RBS
          Veteran
          • Sep 2007
          • 15178

          #5
          I thought it looked like one of the enemies from the Mario Bros video games.

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          • Adventure
            Mod on Call
            • May 2006
            • 26653

            #6
            Awesome creature!
            I never have seen one before, but it also doesn't live in Europe.
            Faily of Kzin

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            • old biker
              Super Biker Mod
              • Jan 2007
              • 26095

              #7
              nope

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              • Adventure
                Mod on Call
                • May 2006
                • 26653

                #8
                It does live in Europe?
                Faily of Kzin

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                • EscapeGirl
                  Super Kitty
                  • May 2006
                  • 50764

                  #9
                  Makes me think of a little, mini dinosaur. Some sort of dinosaur spider. LOL A bit like the Stegosaurus or something.

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                  • old biker
                    Super Biker Mod
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 26095

                    #10
                    sorry ,nope meant it doesn't live over here(not that i know)

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                    • tipper75
                      Super Aqua Mod
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 35380

                      #11
                      Interesting bug. I'll look for them around here, after I get out of a few rooms

                      Strange as Angels, Dancing in the Deepest Oceans

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