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'Garden Cross Spider' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Garden Cross Spider

In Monastery Courtyard

16 June 2013

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Pokhara, Nepal

Garden Cross Spider

Argiope pulchella
iNaturalist Observation
MARKED RESEARCH GRADE
More Observations from Expedition Muktinath

A six-week solo walk through the Annapurna Mountains of Nepal to survey Himalayan biodiversity — from पोखरा to मुक्तिनाथ (May to June 2013)

50 Observations
48 Identified Species
Jungle Myna
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
White-Throated Kingfisher
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Black Kite Hunting the Shores of Fewa Lake
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Chukar in Himalayan Pasture
Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)
Russet Percher Dragonfly Perched in the Eastern Marshes of Fewa Lake
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Cloud-Forest Japalure
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)
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52 Identified Species
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