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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
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Marbled orbweaver? - Araneus marmoreus - male
Copyright © 2012 Derek Hennen

Marbled orbweaver? - Araneus marmoreus - Male
Washington County, Ohio, USA
September 12, 2011
After looking through some of the images for spiders, Araneus marmoreus looks like a match. I found another nearby that I identified as A. marmoreus, but it looked quite different.
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Contributed by Derek Hennen on 1 February, 2012 - 1:22am
Last updated 1 February, 2012 - 8:57am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 February, 2012 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Maybe the difference is gender.
This is a male Araneus marmoreus. You can see how variable the species is by looking at the numerous images on the Info page for the species.
… john and jane balaban, 1 February, 2012 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
I figured the difference woul
I figured the difference would be gender, since that's pretty common in spiders, but I didn't see enough information on the Guide to say for sure. It's definitely a variable species, that surprised me. A beautiful spider, at any rate.
… Derek Hennen, 1 February, 2012 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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