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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)

Species Araneus marmoreus - Marbled Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Araneus
Species marmoreus (Marbled Orbweaver)
Other Common Names
Marbled Orb Weaver
Explanation of Names
Latin "of or like marble" from marmor- "marble"
Range
Alaska to Newfoundland, south to Oregon, Utah, sourthern Texas, and South Carolina. (1)
Remarks
John Sloan posted a series of images showing some of the variation in this species. Here are those and more to give a feeling of the possibilities:

Typical orange:


becoming a shriveled late fall Orange:


Can be pale orange to beige:


but commonly bright yellow:


though sometimes pale yellow to white:


to an overall creamy white:


or even very white with a black blotch!


the colors can be almost black and white:


or dark with dull yellow:


to very dark:
Internet References
delta-intkey.com - Illustrations.
Works Cited
1.The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23
By Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 1 November, 2009 - 3:46pm

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