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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus saevus
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Orb Weaver - Araneus saevus - female
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Orb Weaver - Araneus saevus - Female
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
September 22, 2009
Size: 13mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 September, 2009 - 10:51pm
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 7:52am

A beauty
Nice shots again Tom.
… Lynette Schimming, 24 September, 2009 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Kevin, should I keep this one for you, or release her?
… tom murray, 24 September, 2009 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
That would be great. That way
That would be great. That way we'll get a good image of the epigyne and can also confirm the species (the basal plate of the epigyne is supposed to be bilobed, but her leg obscures it here). I'm always happy to have mature specimens, particularly as I spend such little time back home (not to mention in "exotic" places like the east coast).

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 24 September, 2009 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

That fine lady pretty much ha
That fine lady pretty much has to be Araneus saevus.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 24 September, 2009 - 4:53am login or register to post comments

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