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Field Notes

Description:

This spider was in the Home Depot garden center in Pleasanton, CA. The web was located too high for me to get photos of the entire abdomen. The abdomen to head length was about 1in. I do not know what it was eating. Any help with a specific species ID would be great.

Habitat:

Home Depot garden center, Pleasanton, CA.

Reference Links:

Orb-weaver spider

Species ID Suggestions

Orb weaver

Araneidae

Sumukha Javagal

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Thank you alin!

Fantastic spot.

Thank you Lily Barth!

Great spider!

Sumukha Javagal

Welcome..:)

Thanks SumukhaJavagal!

Sumukha Javagal

This is an orb weaver...

Thanks Cindy--it is the first one I have ever spotted. At first I thought it was an ordinary garden spider. I love the pattern too.

CindyBinghamKeiser

Nice spotting! I've never seen a spider with this pattern.

Thanks textless!

Impressive abdomen... looks very pregnant!

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