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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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Large gray bodied spider - Araneus cavaticus
Copyright © 2010 jhmbb2001

Large gray bodied spider - Araneus cavaticus
Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, USA
September 3, 2010
Size: Approx. 1 inch diameter
This is one of 7 spiders living under the fascia of a house. They were spaced out approx. 2 feet apart along the north side of the house, and had fairly sizeable webs. Approx. 1" diameter.

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Contributed by jhmbb2001 on 4 September, 2010 - 6:54am
Last updated 5 September, 2010 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 September, 2010 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

Maybe compare your spider to the
Araneus cavaticus images in the guide here and tell us if it is the same or how it might be different.
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2010 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
This looks like the one! Goo
This looks like the one! Good match with several of the spiders shown here. Thanks! Where can I find more info about these?
… jhmbb2001, 4 September, 2010 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White. :-) (great book, some pig)

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 September, 2010 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Google Araneus cavaticus
Although most of the images I found labeled as A. cavaticus actually looked like Neoscona sp. to me, so beware of images being incorrect. I added a little bit of information on our info page here.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 September, 2010 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
And for someone with little k
And for someone with little knowledge about the life cycle of orb weavers, the little bit of biological information in E. B. White's wonderful book is also quite good, if very rudimentary -- I didn't mean that tongue-in-cheek.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 September, 2010 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, good info and great story
of course. Wikipedia page here.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 September, 2010 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

I wasn't able to get many ang
I wasn't able to get many angles due to the spider's location and my camera's limitations. I can also try to answer any other questions you may have if you post them, if they would help...
… jhmbb2001, 4 September, 2010 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Female Orb Weaver in the genus Araneus
We don't recognize the species. Can you add some more images from various perspectives?
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2010 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

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