Came across a bunch of these guys all hangin out together on a hike in Australia.

Does anyone have any clue what they are? I thought maybe spiny orb weavers but they dont match perfectly.

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Pokemon kind 🤷?

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Nah, the kind that will make you lose your mushroom power up if you jump on it.

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Google Lens says Jewel Spider / Christmas Spider

Looks right, lives in Australia, and only one of its genus.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Austracantha

They are facultatively gregarious, and can be found in large aggregations of overlapping orb webs.

Sounds like what you got there!

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How festive!

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I’m definitely getting Legend of Zelda vibes from them.

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Of course they’re in Australia

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Nature is wild down there it seems. Maybe they DO need rabies to help curb some of these crazy ass species 🤣

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I hate to break it to you, but spiders live everywhere.

These look rather small, too.

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Bit it’s the funny reddit joke. You are supposed to upvote and congratulate on the great joke.

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