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Araneid? - Gea heptagon - male
Copyright © 2009 Ben Van Allen

Araneid? - Gea heptagon - Male
Paint Creek, Highland County, Ohio, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: 20-25mm legspan
Eye pattern and web make me think orb weaver. I can't find the abdominal pattern though. Found on a gravel/bar island in a woodland creek. Any ideas?
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Contributed by Ben Van Allen on 1 June, 2009 - 11:59am
Last updated 2 June, 2009 - 11:07am

Not an ID
but reminds me of Gea heptagon
… John R. Maxwell, 1 June, 2009 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
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Looks about right to me. The pictures are quite variable, but the other male in a web I see here has a very similar eye pattern, abdomen pattern and carapace shape.
Thanks!
… Ben Van Allen, 1 June, 2009 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

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