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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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hunormous spider - Araneus trifolium
Copyright © 2019 David Gregg

hunormous spider - Araneus trifolium
Watch Hill, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
September 14, 2019
enormous spider hiding in a tent of leaves at the upper edge of a 20" diameter orb a couple feet off the ground in low brush and perennial stems at the edge of a large meadow. Fed her flies and she'd drop down into the web, grab them and then retreat to her tent.

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Contributed by David Gregg on 15 September, 2019 - 10:04am
Last updated 15 September, 2019 - 9:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 15 September, 2019 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Looks rather to be
Araneus trifolium, we would think
… john and jane balaban, 15 September, 2019 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Araneus diadematus I think
Araneus diadematus I think
… translucent, 15 September, 2019 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

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