What is this? - Araneus gemmoides

Moved

I hope you don't mind, I removed the other spider from your image and moved it to the guide page. I also changed the date to show August, because I'm assuming that's when you took the shot. She really is a beauty.

… Lynette Elliott, 30 November, 2009 - 11:17pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 22 October, 2009 - 10:25am

It is two different species!

The one on the left is Araneus diadematus and the one on the right is Araneus gemmoides.

… john and jane balaban, 15 October, 2009 - 5:40pm

Odd

This was previously just a picture of A. gemmoides. Seems the other spider was added later.

… Jebus31, 15 October, 2009 - 6:01pm

Suggest to frass

The image wasn't THAT great to begin with, we have 20 from the state, and now there is another unrelated spider from outside our region (which could be cropped again) but now there is text on the image (which suggests the collection date is false) and I'm not sure we can trust the new user to not keep changing the image even if it was in the guide.

… John R. Maxwell, 16 October, 2009 - 6:38am

apologies...

I'm sorry that I changed my image. I was told that the first pic I submitted neede to be cropped, so I did, Then I thought is was neat to compare a spider on my porch to a spider on my aunt's porch in holland.
As far as me being un-trustworthy, I don't even know what that means.
I had a spider on my porch and wanted to know what is was...that's all.

… NikiNuckles, 19 October, 2009 - 3:05pm

Meaning

I didn't say that you were un-trustworthy, I meant that we need to trust that the image wouldn't change. Or you can take it to mean that we need to know that the image wouldn't change or we need to believe that the image wouldn't change.

Also why does it say the image was taken August one place and October another?

… John R. Maxwell, 19 October, 2009 - 4:54pm

Hi, Niki- Please think abo

Hi, Niki-

Please think about cropping your images in the future. In most cases, if the spider's legs are (almost) touching the picture frame, then you've got it about right. Google's free image tool "Picasa3" works great for this (as does most any image management program today).

Thanks for the lovely shot,

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 October, 2009 - 3:38am

Araneus gemmoides - Cat-Faced Spider

This is Araneus gemmoides also called the Cat-Faced Spider

http://bugguide.net/node/view/33149

… Jebus31, 15 October, 2009 - 12:24am

THANK YOU!

Thank you! I tried to find it on the internet, but I know nothing about spiders.
Thanks Again!

… NikiNuckles, 15 October, 2009 - 12:08pm

Araneus diadematus

I'm not very good at this, but I think it looks like the Araneus diadematus that we had on our deck through most of the summer.

… Claire, 14 October, 2009 - 10:06pm

Right family! And there are c

Right family and genus! And there are certain similarities.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 October, 2009 - 3:39am