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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium)
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Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium - Araneus trifolium - female
Copyright © 2010 Linda Murphy

Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium - Araneus trifolium - Female
rome, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 10, 2010
found on daisy leaves
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Contributed by Linda Murphy on 10 September, 2010 - 12:16pm
Last updated 11 September, 2010 - 10:40am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. I wonder if that its egg sac back there?
… Lynette Elliott, 11 September, 2010 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

 
We wondered that too,
but the spider still looks big and plump and healthy??
… john and jane balaban, 11 September, 2010 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
spider retreat ?
Maybe it's just a jumping spider retreat? I'm not really sure what these spider look like after the egg sac is created... or how long they live afterward.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 September, 2010 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Yes, Female Orb Weaver
Araneus trifolium
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2010 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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