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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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Mushroom With Legs - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2013 Peter

Mushroom With Legs - Araneus diadematus
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
November 7, 2013
Size: 17mm body
Found this specimen in my back yard among the leaves. I'm having trouble identifying it online, any ideas? Thanks.
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Contributed by Peter on 7 November, 2013 - 9:36pm
Last updated 8 November, 2013 - 6:11am

Araneus trifolium (Hentz, 1847)
See The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 23. The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska, pages 233-235. Quite widespread, but not as common as A. diadematus.
See also for color picture: National Audubon Soc., Field Guide to Insects and Spiders, picture 690 (allowing for color variation).
… Paul S Boyer, 25 September, 2014 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 November, 2013 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like this Araneus diadematus
… John Rosenfeld, 7 November, 2013 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
But isn’t
But that is not A. diadematus: color wrong, pattern wrong. That is another A. trifolium.
… Paul S Boyer, 25 September, 2014 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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