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Araneus diademantus?
Although I could not spot the mother I venture to say that they may be babies of this spider species because is a very common spider here in Belgium. Young spiders emerge from the egg sac in May but usually stay together until they are mature enough to leave. Spiderlings of Araneus diadematus are black and yellow and look almost identical to adults except for the markings. Spottings of adult specimens: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/768... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/766... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/632...
Gardens, bushes.
Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on Jun 11, 2012
8 Comments
could this be the same to ? grtz !
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/107...
ID is correct - varify: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
Had my first spotting of these a few months ago. Fascinating the way they swarm and collect! Great series. :)
Lovely series!
Thanks for the nice comments. In the past few days I saw a few more spottings alike here in PN so it must be the moment of the year for these spiders to hatch. If they are the spider I think they are the adult is brownish with a beautiful white cross shape in their abdomen (see the links to adult spottings)
I've seen complex webs like this one but the spiderlings were never this interesting - lovely yellow bodies - I wonder if they stay the same colour as they grow....nice !
Gorgeous!
cute.