title: Jewel spider
text: # Jewel spider
  
  Jewel spider is the common name of several different species of orb weaver spiders:
  
  * Araneus gemmoides, the North American jewel spider
  * Austracantha minax, the Australian jewel spider
  * Gasteracantha cancriformis, sometimes known as the jewel box spider or jewel spider
  * Gasteracantha fornicata, the northern jewelled spider of Australia
  