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Six-spotted orb weaver

Araniella Displicata

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Field Notes

Description:

Looking at the web it could be a nursery web spider. Beats me. Very pretty with the yellow body. Image three it was hiding on me.

Reference Links:

Species Araniella displicata - Sixspotted Orbweaver - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Six-spotted orb weaver

Araniella Displicata
turtlesandtombstones
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Comments (2)
doreen.chambers.14
Never would have guessed it was an orb weaver from the looks of the web. Interesting.
ForestDragon
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39832 Here is a link to go with the ID suggestion. I agree that this is the most likely species. They are pretty little spiders!

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PublishedJune 7, 2014

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