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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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Pretty, Decorative Brown Spider - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2011 Shawn Hare

Pretty, Decorative Brown Spider - Araneus diadematus
Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA
October 11, 2011
Size: about 2 inches
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Contributed by Shawn Hare on 3 November, 2011 - 8:22pm
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 8:38am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 November, 2011 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
Yes, it's a diadem! Araneus diadematus
… john and jane balaban, 3 November, 2011 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Areneus Diadematus
Thanks for identifying her for me.
She's quite lovely.
She made her fabulous orbed web outside the window of my study.
On the cooler days she stays huddled in the frame corner.
When it's warmer she hangs head-down in the center of the web.
… Shawn Hare, 4 November, 2011 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

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