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Kidney Garden Spider/Pale Orb Weaver

Araneus mitificus

Photo by Christiane
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Araneus mitificus

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Comments (7)
Christiane
Thanks Leanne, Sumukha Javagal and ChunXingWong for you help to ID this spider.. :))
Christiane
It is the only way for some to survive the environment!
Miguel.Denyer
Whatever it is, it has a very clever camouflage system going on there... amazing how different species adapt to their environment in order to better survive!
LeanneGardner
I have one similar Christiane. Same web type.http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10991064
Sumukha Javagal
Christiane, Was it looking like this one? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7921750 If you have some more shots of this one, then pls upload them too..

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedMay 29, 2011

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