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European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Photo by Allen Hoof
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small (~ 1cm length overall) yellowish spider with longitudinally symmetric brown markings on body and brown bands on legs.

Habitat:

Pacific Northwest suburban area.

Notes:

Spotted along a street, in its web, suspended between the lower branches of a tree and the ground. Part of the web is faintly visible in the lower right portion of the photo.

Species ID Suggestions

European garden spider

Araneus diadematus
mauna Kunzah
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Comments (1)
Allen Hoof
mauna: thanks for the ID suggestion. I agree.
Photographed
PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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