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Photo#341110
Red spider with white and black striped legs - Araneus trifolium

Red spider with white and black striped legs - Araneus trifolium
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 2, 2009
Size: around size of a quarter
I'm very curious to find out the type of spider this is!

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Shamrock spider
Very nice specimen of the "shamrock spider," Araneus trifolium, one of the orb weavers in the Araneidae family.

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