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I have no information about this spider. It would be awesome if someone could help me identify it. Thank you.
They often have larger abdomens but can have smaller ones as well:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/834990/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/577500/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/491082/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/435646/bgi...
To correctmy comment. I'm not really good with the anatomy of spiders. Even though isn't the abdomen of the cross orbweaver bigger than the one in the picture?
To ForestDragon. I should've clarified that this picture shows the back of the spider. Thanks for helping. :)
Nice find! Welcome to Project Noah, as well! This looks like one of the larger orbweaver spiders. The markings on the abdomen seem consistent with Araneus diadematus. You can compare your image to the ones on the link I provided.
See what you think!
I moved your wonderful spider to the Arthropods section for you.
Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Sep 7, 2013
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