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European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Description:

About the size of a quarter. Orange-brown in color with what appears to be a cross on the top side of its very large and fuzzy abdomen. Translucent legs with dashed brown markings.

Habitat:

Cypress tree growing in Redlands, CA. Web found about 5 to 6 feet above ground.

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3 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Your welcome Paul. I see you've partially updated the spotting. It would be great if you could add the latin name as well, Araneus diadematus, to complete the spotting. Welcome to Project Noah.

PaulWillhite
PaulWillhite 12 years ago

Thank you much for for suggestion. I agree, it definitely looks like that spider.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Looks a bit like the European garden spider but not 100% sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ga...

PaulWillhite
Spotted by
PaulWillhite

San Bernardino, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 23, 2011
Submitted on Feb 12, 2012

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