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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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Araneidae ? - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2007 Janet Garten

Araneidae ? - Araneus diadematus
London, Ontario, Canada
May 17, 2006
Credit photograph to Janet Garten. Mass of spiderlings was found on mailbox. Working hypothesis is Argiope aurantia - Araneus marmoreus has also been suggested. What do you think?

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Contributed by joot on 15 February, 2007 - 9:25pm
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 6:37am

Spiderlings
Moved from unidentified egg sacs, spiderlings, & young spiders. Rod Crawford confirmed ID.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 April, 2011 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 23 March, 2007 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Compare these very similar ones
identified as Araneus diadematus:



And these Argiope aurantia:



Assuming they are both correct IDs, then they are apparently so similar as to be almost indistinguishable.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 February, 2007 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

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