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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium)
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Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium
Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Yuschock

Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 18, 2007
Orb weaver I'm sure but don't know the species.

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Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium
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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 19 September, 2007 - 10:50pm
Last updated 6 January, 2008 - 5:46pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 6 January, 2008 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me
Reminds me of some of the less patterned Marbled Orb Weavers (Araneus marmoreus)

But I think it is MAYBE more likely a Shamrock Spider (Araneus trifolium)
… John R. Maxwell, 20 September, 2007 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the info, John. I agree that it definately looks like Trifolium.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 20 September, 2007 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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