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Shamrock Orb Weaver Spider

Araneus trifolium

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Field Notes

Description:

Female Shamrock Orb Weaver Spider (although I haven't seen in photos anything like this so hope I am correct.) Abdomen size is around 2.5 (1 inch) or a little more. With legs stretched out, more than 2 inches.

Habitat:

2 -3 acre meadow on our property

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Comments (11)
Carol Snow Milne
Repairing its web after the rain. My personal favorite too out of the 100 spiders in my meadow.
KristalWatrous
There seems to be a lot of variation in color and markings in the shamrock orb weavers.
Dan Doucette
Very cool! I spotted one too, it looks a bit different though. Maybe its the male? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7108990
Carol Snow Milne
Thanks again everyone, and Kristal for helping with my new hobby! Awesome!
KristalWatrous
Yours does look a lot like this shamrock orb weaver, also found in PA: http://bugguide.net/node/view/229751/bgimage. When in doubt for insects and spiders, I usually turn to bugguide. :)
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Great photos and a lovely spider.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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International Spider Survey
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PublishedNovember 2, 2011

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