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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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Barn Spider? - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2017 Joan Young

Barn Spider? - Araneus diadematus
Mason County, Michigan, USA
October 11, 2017
Size: body 1/2 inch, overall 2"
sorry the focus isn't better
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Contributed by Joan Young on 11 October, 2017 - 6:23pm
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 10:07am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 12 October, 2017 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

2 possibilities?
Hi,
This does look like A. diadematus, but maybe a labyrinth orb weaver (just from the image). I would guess cross spider, though.
Have a good one,
… Andrew Caudillo, 11 October, 2017 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Check out Araneus diadematus
difficult to say with certainty
… john and jane balaban, 11 October, 2017 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
That was my second choice. It
That was my second choice. It was crawling around the floor at work, and I didn't have time to do much except snap a couple pictures and move it so it wouldn't get stepped on.
… Joan Young, 11 October, 2017 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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