Subject: Spider name
Location: Iguazu falls national park, Argentina/Brazil
January 31, 2013 8:53 am
I was on holidays in the beautiful Iguazu falls this summer. I saw a lot of these spiders and butterflies. However, after some research on the internet, I have been unable to find the exact scientific name. Could you please help me?
Signature: Filipe De Vadder
Hi Filipe,
Your spider is an Orbweaver, most likely in the family Araneidae. We haven’t the time right now to research the species name.
Update: February 1, 2013
Cesar Crash from Insetologia Blog wrote in that this appears to be a species in the genus Alpaida. Based on this photo on EcoRegistros, he might be correct.
Looks like an Alpaida sp.