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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Cat-Faced Spider (Araneus gemmoides)
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Large spider - Araneus gemmoides
Copyright © 2005 David A Burke

Large spider - Araneus gemmoides
5200 ft elevation, Park County, Wyoming, USA
September 3, 2004
About 3 inches across, we used to call them "cat face" spiders.
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Contributed by David A Burke on 1 January, 2005 - 9:06pm
Last updated 29 September, 2005 - 9:40am

Thanks for all your help on t
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… David A Burke, 24 April, 2005 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

moved
moved to the guide pages.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 April, 2005 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

Araneus sp.
Nice image of an orb weaver in the genus Araneus. There is so much individual variation within each species it is nearly impossible to ID them from images alone, but we're developing a nice array of them here at bugguide.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 January, 2005 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Araneus gemmoides
Check out the fine white line crossed by two shallow white Vs on the front of the abdomen. This is a classic characteristic of Araneus gemmoides. How strong these lines are, and, to a certain extent, their shape, is variable from one individual to another, but almost every individual I have examined shows at least some indication of this pattern.
… Terry Thormin, 29 September, 2005 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

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