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European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Photo by PaulWillhite
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About the size of a quarter.
Orange-brown in color with what appears to be a cross on the top side of its very large and fuzzy abdomen.
Translucent legs with dashed brown markings.

Habitat:

Cypress tree growing in Redlands, CA.
Web found about 5 to 6 feet above ground.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
Your welcome Paul. I see you've partially updated the spotting. It would be great if you could add the latin name as well, Araneus diadematus, to complete the spotting. Welcome to Project Noah.
PaulWillhite
Thank you much for for suggestion. I agree, it definitely looks like that spider.
Dan Doucette
Looks a bit like the European garden spider but not 100% sure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_garden_spider

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PublishedFebruary 12, 2012

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