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Marbled orb-weaver

Araneus marmoreus

Description:

Spider

Habitat:

Spotted in a thick vegetation area in Nepal. At an height of 7500 ft

Notes:

A beautiful spider, colorful belly, about a cm in size.

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Marbled orb-weaver
Araneus marmoreus Araneus marmoreus


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3 Comments

MahabaleshwaraB
MahabaleshwaraB 9 years ago

Thank you Despina for ID and a good picture of it.

Araneus marmoreus, has a Holarctic distribution, and it's belly is almost unmistakable.
http://www.discoverlife.org/IM/I_JP/0165...

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 9 years ago

Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

MahabaleshwaraB
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西藏自治区 (བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་), Paracel Islands

Spotted on Aug 19, 2014
Submitted on Sep 18, 2014

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