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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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Possible Araneus spider - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2008 Ann Gray

Possible Araneus spider - Araneus diadematus
Toronto, Sunnybrook Park, Ontario, Canada
September 18, 2008
Size: over 1 cm
This spider had its web at the corner of glass and brick on the outside of a building.
It has similarities to Araneus marmoreus but is not a perfect fit.
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Contributed by Ann Gray on 18 September, 2008 - 7:40pm
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 11:25am

We're thinking more likely diadematus
see and but we'll look a little deeper.
… john and jane balaban, 18 September, 2008 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Araneus spider ID request
Many thanks for your suggestion. I had eliminated diadematus. They are very common here at this time of the year. All of the individuals I see are brown with their webs between vegetation.
… Ann Gray, 19 September, 2008 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
diadematus
I agree this seems the best fit.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 September, 2008 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

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