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My shadow
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My shadow
Jewett, Greene County, New York, USA
September 12, 2008
Size: 1"
Probably very common. Seemed very intent on trying to crawl on me. I usually submit but this
spider had a slightly sinister way about it. Is it dangerous?
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Contributed by Bigfoot on 12 September, 2008 - 3:29pm
Last updated 4 October, 2008 - 8:23pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 4 October, 2008 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

Male orbweaver
not sinister and not dangerous. I'm going to leave this one to John and Jane. They have a better grasp on the patterns than I do.
… Lynette Schimming, 12 September, 2008 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting, you would think with this beautiful
image that ID would be obvious, but...
We think we see shoulder humps on the abdomen meaning this would be one of the Araneus, but not quite sure which. Will have to return to it and stare at it some more later!
… john and jane balaban, 12 September, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Mystery stalker
Thanks to all for the help. I will try to locate him/her
again and get a better image from a different angle.....
… Bigfoot, 13 September, 2008 - 4:35am login or register to post comments

 
not needed
this is a great image from the correct angle.
… Lynette Schimming, 13 September, 2008 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
Male Cross Orbweaver?
My vote is for Araneus diadematus.
… Lynette Schimming, 12 September, 2008 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

Looks like -
a wandering male spider - probably one of the orb weavers. I don't think this spider would be dangerous at all - but let's see what one of our spider experts has to say. Nice image!
… Ken Schneider, 12 September, 2008 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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