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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus corticarius
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Small OrbWeaver - Araneus corticarius - male
Copyright © 2012 Steve McKechnie

Small OrbWeaver - Araneus corticarius - Male
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
August 26, 2012
Size: ~ 3.8 mm.
Found climbing the side of a garbage can.

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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 26 August, 2012 - 10:39pm
Last updated 27 August, 2012 - 11:14am

Moved
Moved from Araneus.
… Steve McKechnie, 27 August, 2012 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Adult Male - Araneus corticarius
is my guess. Compare with
… Lynette Elliott, 27 August, 2012 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
That has to be it
Thank you Lynette. Sask Taxa # 5650.
Until now, I thought there were only three 'shouldered' orb weavers in this area. I'll have to take a closer look at the orange juvenile female A. gemmoides I've been ignoring.
… Steve McKechnie, 27 August, 2012 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

Short term pet
This one in a container for a while.
… Steve McKechnie, 26 August, 2012 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

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