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Orb-weaving spiders (several families)

Orb-weaving spiders (several families)

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Includes Araneidae, Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae.

References for these families:

Araneidae: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1092

Tetragnathidae: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1530

Orb-weaving spiders (several families)

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Curiosity wrote:
10 May 2024
@MichaelMulvaney, thanks for all the recent IDs!
Plebs bradleyi
AaronClausen wrote:
9 May 2023
@Curiosity - @MichaelMulvaney is the forefather of citizen science, he was doing citizen science before it was even a thing!
Argiope trifasciata
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
9 May 2023
No worries - thanks for al your sightings
Argiope trifasciata
Curiosity wrote:
9 May 2023
Wow! Thanks very much @MichaelMulvaney for so many IDs (especially for the spiders) yesterday!
Argiope trifasciata
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
7 Jul 2022
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Argiope keyserlingi

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