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Category: Araneidae

Larinioides patagiatus 

September 14, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

One of the cooler finds of my day spent spider hunting at Round Lake/Lacamas Creek was discovering this orbweaver in…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Arthropoda, Larinioides, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Larinioides patagiatus

Larinioides sclopetarius (Grey Cross Spider)

September 13, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

These two spiders, a male and female Larinioides sclopetarius, were in the same web by the light outside the door…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Arthropoda, Larinioides, Species Profiles Filed under: Bridge Orbweaver, Bridge Spider, Grey Cross Spider, Larinioides sclopetarius

Araneus gemma

September 6, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This spider represents at least the 5th time I’ve brought home an Araneus orb weaver that I thought would be new to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Araneus, Arthropoda, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Araneus gemma

Araneus diadematus (Cross Orbweaver)

September 26, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This member of the family Araneidae (orbweavers) is native to Europe but now has a holarctic distribution. Anecdotally I would…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Araneus, Arthropoda, Species Profiles Filed under: Araneus diadematus, Cross Orbweaver

Argiope trifasciata (Banded Garden Spider)

September 23, 2020 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

This is a large (body length 15-20mm for females; 4-6mm males) orbweaver (family Araneidae), with a silver carapace and banded…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Argiope, Arthropoda, Species Profiles Filed under: Argiope trifasciata, Banded Garden Spider

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