Austracantha

Description: Advanced Spider, Order: Araneomorphs, Six-spined Spider. Date: 12/08/2008. Source: Self-photographed. Author: Chris Gosby.

Description: English: Minax or Jewelled spider, also known as Christmas spider, six spined spider, and spiny spiders. Austracantha (Gasteracantha) minax (female) - these are an orb weaver spider. This one was photographed in Central Queensland, Australia. Date: 14 January 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Vicki Nunn.

Description: English: Austracantha minax (female dorsal). Date: 2009. Source: S. McCaffrey & L. Gibson (2009). "Australian Jewel Spider (Austracantha minax)". PaDIL. Retrieved 5 December 2014. Author: Sarah McCaffrey & Lucinda Gibson.