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Orchard Spider

Leucauge venusta

Description:

It is small and colorful. It's front legs to his back legs is about the size of a face of a dime.

Habitat:

Woods-y areas. In trees and on bark and tree trunks.

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15 Comments

suvindu
suvindu 12 years ago

That's a pretty little spider :D

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Wow. Amazing colours. I like to see such a spider once.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Fabulous Colors,

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Please consider putting this beautiful spider and web in the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

lovely!!

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

I've never seen that many colors on a spider. Very cool!

PongWira
PongWira 12 years ago

Beautiful pattern.

polerpress
polerpress 12 years ago

Thankyou! They are so colorful in person I tried my best to show it here too. Yes , I did have to edit this picture a bit, but only a little bit of color enhancement so I could get it to be as pretty as it is in person :)

Veetorious
Veetorious 12 years ago

I gotta admit.. your capture is MUCH better than anything else I found while trying to figure out what it was!! haha.. amazing shot : )

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wonderful colors.

polerpress
polerpress 12 years ago

I think youre right! Thank you so much! I see these around all the time but have never known what they are.

Veetorious
Veetorious 12 years ago

I was intrigued! So I searched google... and came up with Orchard Spider!

polerpress
polerpress 12 years ago

Thanks for the tip. I definitely will add it.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

What a beauty!
You could also add this to the International Spider Survey mission.

Terri
Terri 12 years ago

Wow, amazing colors!!

polerpress
Spotted by
polerpress

Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jan 14, 2012
Submitted on Jan 21, 2012

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