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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
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Very colorful spider - Araneus marmoreus
Copyright © 2008 SpottedOwlStew

Very colorful spider - Araneus marmoreus
Mineral, Lewis County, Washington, USA
November 18, 2008
Size: 1.5-2cm

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Very colorful spider - Araneus marmoreus Very colorful spider - Araneus marmoreus
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Contributed by SpottedOwlStew on 18 November, 2008 - 10:18pm
Last updated 10 December, 2008 - 9:22am

Just my guess...
But it looks like an orb weaver to me. I know little about spiders, but that looks like an orb weaver of some kind to me.
… chaotic_grey, 18 November, 2008 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

 
yes orbweaver
and it looks a lot like this one; Araneus marmoreus.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 November, 2008 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

 
I could be wrong, but is it a
I could be wrong, but is it a safe bet to say that most spiders that have a yellow abdomen and red/orange for everything is a type of ord weaver?
… chaotic_grey, 19 November, 2008 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
probably not,
I can't think of other examples right now, but I'm sure there are other spiders that color in other Families.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2008 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I am sure there are othe
Yes, I am sure there are other similarly colored, but everytime I see a spider with yellowish abdomen and red/orange for everything else, it always turns out to be an orb weaver. I am not saying would it be a fool-proof assumption, but is it normally safe to suggest a type of orb weaver?

And that does look like a very good match on the spider.
… chaotic_grey, 11 December, 2008 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Not by color
I don't make suggestions of orb weaver by color. Orb weavers are easily identified by their body shape and eye arrangment.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 December, 2008 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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