'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 and back (May to June 2013)

50 Observations
48 Identified Species
Malabar Melastome
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Unidentified Shield Bug of Genus Asiarcha
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Chukar in Himalayan Pasture
Jharkot, Nepal (June 2013)
Russet Percher Dragonfly Perched in the Eastern Marshes of Fewa Lake
Pokhara, Nepal (May 2013)
Himalayan Black Bubal
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Pantropical Huntsman Spider
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

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48 Identified Species
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Four-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
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Krishna Peacock Queen of Himalayan Butterflies
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Pantropical Huntsman Spider
Shikha, Nepal (May 2013)

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