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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus)
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Cross Orbweaver - Araneus diadematus - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

Cross Orbweaver - Araneus diadematus - Female
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
September 27, 2009

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 28 September, 2009 - 9:45am
Last updated 2 February, 2024 - 1:37pm

wow
That's impressive closeup work. What body part are we seeing there?
… Andrew Williams, 1 October, 2009 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
That hook
looking thing is called the scape and the entire area is called the epigynum. Sometimes there is a scape and sometimes not. See
… Lynette Elliott, 1 October, 2009 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
function
Great diagram. Boy howdy did that send me off on a tangent. :) So what's the scape for?
… Andrew Williams, 1 October, 2009 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Good question
I don't know. Decoration? :) Just kidding. I'll have to look it up.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 October, 2009 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Araneus.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 September, 2009 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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