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six-spotted orb weaver - Araneus cingulatus - male
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six-spotted orb weaver - Araneus cingulatus - Male
Hyde Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
June 26, 2014
Size: 3 mm
On guardrail over Mother Brook at Reservation Road. Larger image

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six-spotted orb weaver - Araneus cingulatus - male six-spotted orb weaver - Araneus cingulatus - male
Contributed by ophis on 21 September, 2014 - 7:52am
Last updated 21 September, 2014 - 4:56pm

Moved
Moved from Sixspotted Orbweaver.
… ophis, 21 September, 2014 - 4:56pm

We would think this is more likely
Araneus cingulatus
… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2014 - 10:24am

 
Another
possibility is Araneus nashoba - four pairs of red spots, and other similarities.

See Levi, 1973 - Small Orb-Weavers of the Genus Araneus North of
Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)

Came across that while trying to figure out the recent male from St. Johns.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 6 September, 2020 - 1:22pm

 
re: We would think
yes, for sure--thanks
… ophis, 21 September, 2014 - 4:56pm

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