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Lynx Spider - Eriophora edax - female

Lynx Spider - Eriophora edax - Female
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Orange County, California, USA
July 12, 2009
Size: ~2cm
Hiding in corner of eaves

Moved
Moved from Eustala. The Balabans and I have been discussing this by email. It looks like this is more likely E. edax... the white line being a fairly good field marking for separating from Eustala.

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.

Eyes
I don't suppose you got a clearer shot of the eyes?

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like an orb weaver
maybe in the genus Eustala

 
Araneus gemma?
what do you think of

 
Looks possible.
Looks possible.

 
Eustala vs. gemma
I'm really struggling with these right now. The only striped Eustala I've been able to find is from Australia... and I'm not sure if the gemma really have that little knob on the end of their abdomen. I think this might be another research project.

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