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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Furrow spiders (Larinioides) » Furrow Orbweaver (Larinioides cornutus)
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orb weaver? female? - Larinioides cornutus - female
Copyright © 2011 sherryg123

orb weaver? female? - Larinioides cornutus - Female
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
November 1, 2011
Size: nickel size
I have been watching this critter for a month or so. I noticed tonight that it was bigger than it had been. It seems as though it grew overnight. Do they look noticably bigger after they molt? It has a web with lots of "goodies" in it and it only comes out right after dark and eats then goes back behind the downspout.

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orb weaver? female? - Larinioides cornutus - female orb weaver? female? - Larinioides cornutus
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Contributed by sherryg123 on 1 November, 2011 - 7:24pm
Last updated 3 November, 2011 - 8:18am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 November, 2011 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
This one is in the genus Larinioides and Lynette can probably tell you which species.
… john and jane balaban, 1 November, 2011 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

 
L. cornutus
Larnioides cornutus, the "Furrow Spider," would be my educated guess. Nice images.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 November, 2011 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
is my guess that this is a female correct?
… sherryg123, 2 November, 2011 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Female
Yes, it's a female.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 November, 2011 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Lynnette
thank you.
… sherryg123, 3 November, 2011 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

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