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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
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Araneus trifolium - Araneus marmoreus - female
Copyright © 2015 Emily Tenczar

Araneus trifolium - Araneus marmoreus - Female
Lac Seul, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada
August 25, 2014
Size: big and fat

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Araneus trifolium - Araneus marmoreus - female Araneus trifolium - Araneus marmoreus - female
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Contributed by Emily Tenczar on 16 March, 2015 - 7:52pm
Last updated 21 March, 2015 - 8:23am

Ventral Pattern
Moved from Frass.

I believe the ventral pattern is distorted because the spider is so gravid. When a spider is either very gravid or emaciated it can look different to us than it does the rest of the season. I tried to find a good comparison shot in the guide, and realize now that we don't have any, so I think we should keep this after all.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 March, 2015 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from ID Request. I'm pretty sure this is another Araneus marmoreus. Since you have posted better images of that species already, we don't need these ones. Thanks!
… Lynette Elliott, 17 March, 2015 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

 
Araneus trifolium
I came across this while trying to find something similar. Looking at it again what do you think of A. trifolium? I'm noticing a an extra band on the femur of leg IV that I also see on other A. trifolium but not other A. marmoreus:
… Laura P., 9 August, 2016 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
but the ventral abdomen looked unique to me
For days I tried to get a better picture of her, but couldn't. But I thought the ventral side looked different from those of the other marmoreus.
… Emily Tenczar, 17 March, 2015 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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