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Orchard Orb Weaver Spider

Leucauge venusta

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Field Notes

Description:

Family: Tetragnathidae. Long-jawed. Very colorful neon colors that are variable. This one green, black legs. Abdomen is orange, yellow, turquoise, black and white. Size: 1/4 inch (7.5 mm)

Habitat:

Open Woodlands on the property I live.

Notes:

Found in lost file photo folder

Reference Links:

Leucauge venusta

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Comments (4)
Carol Snow Milne
Thank you! I was so glad to find this in my lost photos. It is a beautiful tiny spider.
ScottHarte
wow! what a lovely looking orb weaver, thanks for sharing

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International Spider Survey
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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Creatures of Pennsylvania
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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