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orb - Araneus bispinosus - female

orb - Araneus bispinosus - Female
Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, USA
May 10, 2013
Size: 6 mm
This individual, like nearly all of my submissions, was quite alive and liberated after her "photo shoot"

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Moved
Moved from Araneus.

OK, read the book.
Looks best to fit bispinosus especially with the long folded scape.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Yes, orb weaver in the genus Araneus
There are a couple of small ones in California, bispinosus and montereyensis. Will have to hit the books to read about those two.

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