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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus saevus
Photo#336276
Agressive spider - Araneus saevus - male
Copyright © 2009 David Wilbur

Agressive spider - Araneus saevus - Male
Rattlesnake Ledge, near Cedar Falls, King County, Washington, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: 1.5 cm body, est.
Very active spider found at 2080 ft elevation on bare rock. Normally comfortable around arthropods, I must admit to being seriously freaked out when it ran AT the camera via my hand.

Is this combination of hairiness and bumps on the abdomen distinctive? Although the eye pattern is poorly delineated in these photos ( i was using a quickly borrowed camera) the closest match to me seems like araneus.

thanks for any help!

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Contributed by David Wilbur on 23 September, 2009 - 5:32pm
Last updated 17 January, 2023 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Araneus nordmanni.

Judging from the new voucher image we have for a male A. nordmanni this is more likely A. saevus.


Also see more comments on a similar specimen from Rod Crawford here:
… Laura P., 31 August, 2014 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

The appearance of this specimen makes it something of a mystery to me.
The only species around that has both humps and a modified second leg
(visible in photo 336276) would be A. nordmanni, but coloration is
highly atypical for that species. (Rod Crawford)
… Lynette Elliott, 12 January, 2010 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 10 October, 2009 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

An orb weaver, Araneus sp. ma
An orb weaver, Araneus sp. male, seems fairly certain. Curious to know what Lynette or Rod have to say.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 24 September, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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