Help! What is this??? Thanks!!!

[brysjm]

 

[Gavin van den Berg]

Hi,
Where are you from and where did you find this?

It could be some kind of orb weaver spider.

 

[brysjm]

I'm in south Florida. A friend of mine found it and sent the picture to me.

 

[Gavin van den Berg]

I'm not entirely sure what species it could be.

Hopefully your locality will help some of the forum members to determine the identity of this interesting species.

 

[brysjm]

Thank you so much! It is very interesting. I've never seen one like this.

 

[LauraMI]

Try posting on a FB forum like It's All Arachnids. Post your locale, but someone there will know.

 

[brysjm]

I found out what it is!
Cyrtophora citricola, also known as the Tropical Tent-Web Spider.

 

[Gavin van den Berg]

Looks like they come in different shapes and sizes by the looks of it, but a great find nonetheless.

 

[brysjm]

Yes! It was driving me batty trying to find it Lol

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Looks like the ones i saw in South-east Asia where kids used two spiders to fight on sticks lol

 

[brysjm]

I believe that's where they are from. They also have colonies Lol so there are a bunch of them! lol

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Haha! Stowaways from ships, storm-driven logs, fruit & veggie shipments as well as descendants from escaped captives lol