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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus
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Montana Spider - Araneus
Copyright © 2006 John McCullough

Montana Spider - Araneus
Clyde Park, Montana, USA
August 29, 2006
Size: Reference to nail
Camera: Sony H5
Location: Clyde Park, MT, 45° 57’ 416” North, 110° 0’ .194” West
Elevation: 6686’ above sea level
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Contributed by John McCullough on 7 September, 2006 - 9:09pm
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 21 June, 2007 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 September, 2006 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Female Orb Weaver
This is a very large, but harmless* female orb weaver. I would suspect the Araneus genus due to the "humps" on the abdomen... Nice images!

* Harmless unless you happen to be an insect stuck in her web. :)
… Christopher Hunt, 12 September, 2006 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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