Gasteracantha sturi

Taxobox
name = "Gasteracantha sturi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Araneidae
genus = "Gasteracantha"
species = "G. sturi"
binomial = "Gasteracantha sturi"
binomial_authority = Doleschall, 1857

"Gasteracantha sturi", commonly known as the blunt-spined kite spider is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is found in Southeast Asia.

The abdomen is much broader than long and bright yellow with two black cross lines. The lateral corners have thick, blunt spikes with two shorter, sharper spikes both on the front and rear margins. All the spikes are black.

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