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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Giant Lichen Orbweaver (Araneus bicentenarius)
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unknow spider - Araneus bicentenarius
Copyright © 2007 Lorraine D. Martin

unknow spider - Araneus bicentenarius
Waller, TX, Waller County, Texas, USA
September 4, 2007
Size: large
we went for our daily walk and on the side of the road attached from a tree to the pavement was this huge web. In the middle was this spider, I thought he had a small tree frog, but when I got closer I realized it was his butt!LOL! Love spiders, so was happy to find such a great sight...but couldnt find him/her on here, and I have been looking on here for days. The closes I can come up with is a cross between Gea Heptagon - Gea heptagon - & Orb Weaver - Araneus cavaticus...but I know neither is it! So any help would be great!
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Contributed by Lorraine D. Martin on 4 September, 2007 - 8:37pm
Last updated 27 September, 2008 - 9:00am

Moved
Moved from Araneus.
… Lynette Schimming, 27 September, 2008 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 22 September, 2008 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 12 October, 2007 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

It looks like it could be in
It looks like it could be in the Neoscona family...

C Fondren
… C Fondren, 4 September, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Hey
Thank you! Yeah...it looks alot like them do it :o)
Gotta Love spiders!
Lorraine
… Lorraine D. Martin, 4 September, 2007 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Those humps make it look
like Araneus to us, but we don't recognize it, sorry. Maybe Jeff will know.
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2007 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
A giant lichen orb weaver.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 4 September, 2007 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

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