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Field Notes

Description:

about an inch long from front leg tips to back leg tips. No other spiders visible in the web. Center of orb appeared gauzy from a distance from the thicker zig-zagging fibers as seen in the photo

Habitat:

this was in a backyard less than a mile from Oso Bay

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Scott Frazier
Sometimes called paired-legs orb web spider...a relative: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14029082
Apple
Sorry spellcheck corrected. Part of not parrot
Apple
Definitely a cross spider which is parrot the Argiopes. Not sure which exact species.
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PublishedMay 28, 2013

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