please help identify this spider

[y2keable]

this pic was taken a few weeks ago in Bermuda, since then, i've been trying to work out what type of spider it is.

any help would be great
Jayson

 

[Ed]

I think its a horned spider, what did it look like from the other side.... anything like this? ... see here and scroll down a bit
http://www.planetneptune.com/pn/travel/bermuda/photopgs/bdaphotos6.shtml

I could be wrong as I'm no expert in this field.

Ed

 

[Wavey Davey]

Yikes that is one ugly looking beastie
What size are they?

 

[Venger]

Hey Y2,
Looks like a kite spider

http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/araneida.htm (click kite spider)

If you look close at the picture it has the same number of spikes.
Think it'ds the same as Ed's.


Venger

it's latin name Gasteracantha elipsoides

 

[Justin Time]

akk, Spiders here don't bother me.. but that photo gave me the shivers