Gasteracantha falcicornis

Taxobox
name = "Gasteracantha falcicornis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Araneidae
genus = "Gasteracantha"
species = "G. falcicornis"
binomial = "Gasteracantha falcicornis"
binomial_authority = Butler, 1873

"Gasteracantha falcicornis" is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is a found in eastern and southern Africa.

The female, larger and more colourful than the male, has a bright red abdomen decorated with many deep black pits. There is a long, curved black horn at each side and two shorter, straight horns at the front and rear.

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