Orb Weaver - Araneus cavaticus

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Barn Spider (Araneus cavaticus)

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Copyright © 2005 Kyle Pias

Orb Weaver - Araneus cavaticus -

Weare, New Hampshire, USA
August 18, 2005
Size: 2 in

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Contributed by Kyle Pias on 28 August, 2005 - 9:26pm
Last updated 20 August, 2006 - 10:45am

Moved

Moved from Araneus.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 20 August, 2006 - 10:45am

Need a blow up of this photo

Hi Kyle. I suspect strongly that this spider is Araneus cavaticus, the Barn Spider of Charlotte's Web fame. What is really neat is that this particular photo shows the epigynum fairly clearly, and that should nail the ID down. To be sure, would you mind enlarging and cropping around the epigynum and submitting that. The epigynum is the little nob just below the big black square. Much thanks.

… Terry Thormin, 15 October, 2005 - 9:51pm

If this is a definite

I guess it needs a new guide page, could someone make one for it if it turns out to be sure from this species?

… Kyle Pias, 19 October, 2005 - 4:21am

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