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European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Description:

Small (~ 1cm length overall) yellowish spider with longitudinally symmetric brown markings on body and brown bands on legs.

Habitat:

Pacific Northwest suburban area.

Notes:

Spotted along a street, in its web, suspended between the lower branches of a tree and the ground. Part of the web is faintly visible in the lower right portion of the photo.

1 Species ID Suggestions

European garden spider
Araneus diadematus


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1 Comment

Allen Hoof
Allen Hoof 10 years ago

mauna: thanks for the ID suggestion. I agree.

Allen Hoof
Spotted by
Allen Hoof

Portland, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jul 23, 2013
Submitted on Jul 23, 2013

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