How to Identify Araneidae

Key Identification Features

• Female four-spined jewel spiders (Gasteracantha quadrispinosa) have a distinctive shape and coloration.
• Argiope lobata follows the typical size pattern of species in the Argiope genus: males are small, with a body length of 6 mm, while females are large and distinctive, reaching up to 25 mm in length.
• The abdomen of this spider is silver, marked with black and red spots, has deep furrows, and features distinctive lobes along its edge.
• The cephalothorax (prosoma) ranges from light yellowish to red-brown, while the abdomen (opisthosoma) is distinctly green or yellowish green, with four pairs of black lateral spots.

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