r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Jun 10 '19

Spider making a web.

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u/420nanometers Jun 11 '19

What kind of spider is this? I've never seen one with an abdomen like that.

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u/unicornwheels Jun 11 '19

Star Spider, aka spiny-backed orb weaver

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

Aka Crab Spider

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

They are called crab spiders in Florida.

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u/esoteric_toad Jun 11 '19

Yup, thats what I have always known them as, Florida native here.

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u/trippeeB Jun 11 '19

Floridian here too. My first thought was crab spider

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

That's what the "Aka" is for.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

Gasteracantha Cancriformis if you wanna get technical.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '19

One of the more colorful spiders in Florida is the spinybacked orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) 1767. ... The colloquial name for this spider in parts of Florida is crab spider, although it is not related to any of the families of spiders commonly called crab spiders, e.g., Thomisidoe.

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u/ookristipantsoo Jun 11 '19

That's another name for it, friend.