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Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Photo by lucille.bluth
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Field Notes

Description:

I'm relatively sure this is a Cross orb weaver but I'm not an expert on spiders, it's on it's web in half of the pictures

Reference Links:

Cross Orbweaver Spider — Entomology — Penn State University

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
lucille.bluth
Thanks! It was on my back porch and I believe is still making his/her home back there.
Kyle A
Nice spotting BTW. These are very pretty spiders.
Kyle A
From what I can see in the pics I agree with you.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2013

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