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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus gadus
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Spotted Spider - Araneus gadus - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Spotted Spider - Araneus gadus - Female
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 22, 2004
This has the exact same abdomen coloring as the other I posted, but different body shape and ephalothorax coloring.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 28 January, 2005 - 2:47pm
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 9:39am

Updated
several of your images.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 22 August, 2006 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

Ooooh Aaaaaah
Striking coloration. I hope we figure some of these out.
… Troy Bartlett, 28 January, 2005 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
These first two images have the spots
on the abdomen very different from Araniella, more spots and dorsal rather than lateral. Remind us more of the pattern on Araneus cingulatus.
… john and jane balaban, 4 May, 2006 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

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