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Garden Orb-web Spider

Eriophora pustulosa

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

14mm long; very hairy especially at front legs and face; pale pinkish-cream

Habitat:

backed into the curled corner of a lily leaf

Notes:

Camera flash has flattened the colour.
It was pinker looking in normal light
This is probably a juvenile.

Reference Links:

Image #3 of the bug Garden Orb-web Spider (Eriophora pustulosa)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Yes I thought of your chocolate spider when I found this one. The google image results show amazing variation in both colour and even abdomen shapes.
MartinL
I would think this is a female. They usually build a web each night and eat it in the morning, especially if it has taken some damage. I believe this is the male http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8933379 but I suspect a complex range of variations for these garden orbs.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2012

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