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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus pegnia
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Unknown Spider - Araneus pegnia
Copyright © 2014 John Kopecky

Unknown Spider - Araneus pegnia
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
August 6, 2014
Size: 6 mm
Possible cobweb spider found outside house, based on palps likely female

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Unknown Spider - Araneus pegnia Unknown Spider - Araneus pegnia
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Contributed by John Kopecky on 11 August, 2014 - 8:22pm
Last updated 4 September, 2014 - 12:32pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 4 September, 2014 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2014 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

or we would suggest
Araneus pegnia
… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2014 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for the quick replies. I now see that the pattern clearly matches the picture of A. pegnia in Bradley, the yellow coloration was what caused me to miss it.
… John Kopecky, 11 August, 2014 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
That's what threw me off too. :)
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 11 August, 2014 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
Which is why you are advanced/expert Entomologists and I am a beginner. Lol. But guessing helps me learn from my mistakes. At least I knew it was in the Orbweaver family.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 11 August, 2014 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
Looks like a Marbled Orbweaver, only lighter.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 11 August, 2014 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

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