Spotlight Specimen: Stevens Christmas spiders @morethanadodo

Spotlight Specimen: Stevens Christmas spiders @morethanadodo

Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

Described by A.G. Butler in 1873 as ‘the most gorgeously coloured spider in this genus’ Gasteracantha scintillans, with its metallic green iridescent abdomen, makes the perfect Christmas Spiders.

Spotlight Specimen: Stevens Christmas spiders

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Spotlight Specimen: Steven's Christmas spiders