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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus andrewsi
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Spider 7 - Araneus andrewsi
Copyright © 2017 Thomas Langhans

Spider 7 - Araneus andrewsi
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA
August 19, 2017
Size: Approximately 20mm
Web spans the gap of approximately 1 m between two bushes, web orb diameter approximately 40 cm and about 1 m off of the ground. Spends the day on one of the branches where the web is attached.

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Spider 7 - Araneus andrewsi Spider 7 - Araneus andrewsi
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Contributed by Thomas Langhans on 20 August, 2017 - 7:30pm
Last updated 14 September, 2017 - 10:08am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 14 September, 2017 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Even Dankowicz, 10 September, 2017 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

Perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
in the genus Araneus - maybe andrewsi? or saevus?
… john and jane balaban, 25 August, 2017 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you for the identification.
… Thomas Langhans, 20 December, 2017 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

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