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pale green orbweb spider - Araneus thaddeus - female
Copyright © 2009 andrewbateman

pale green orbweb spider - Araneus thaddeus - Female
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
September 5, 2009
Size: 0.5cm
This spider was originally in a retreat under a curled thistle leaf. The web was a small orb web, six or seven inched across. In my enthusiasm to see what was in the retreat I spooked the spider who dropped to the ground, which is why the photo is in grass. It was about 0.5cm (or thereabouts). There are a lot of shamrock spiders around but this was quite distinctly smaller than those. My guess is a lattice spider, but since I have never seen one, I really don't know. Any help would be highly appreciated.

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pale green orbweb spider - Araneus thaddeus - female pale green orbweb spider - Araneus thaddeus
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Contributed by andrewbateman on 5 September, 2009 - 6:03pm
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 11:01am

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… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Lattice spider was our
first thought on seeing the image.
… john and jane balaban, 5 September, 2009 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
Many Thanks, Since sending this in, and reading your reply, I looked up Araneus thaddeus in the "araignees du Quebec" site http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araign%C3%A9es_du_Qu%C3%A9bec . It does not list Araneus thaddeus although it has 11 other Araneus spiders. So if it is in fact a lattice orbweaver it would be quite exciting.
Andrew
… andrewbateman, 6 September, 2009 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

 
A. thaddeus
is found just south of you on the very northern border of New York. I don't know why they would be scared to cross into Canada. :)
… Lynette Schimming, 3 October, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

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