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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus saevus
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Araneus saevus - female
Copyright © 2010 Susan Wise-Eagle

Araneus saevus - Female
Wrangell, Wrangell County, Alaska, USA
September 21, 2010
Size: 17 mm
My step-grandson brought me this giant he found at the landfill where he works. It probably crawled/blew in from the surrounding hemlock forest. The few I've seen have all had the tan band across the front of the abdomen, but the epigynum is the key to id.

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Contributed by Susan Wise-Eagle on 29 September, 2010 - 12:01am

Hi Susan
Can you provide a ventral shot that shows the entire venter of the spider? I don't think we have one of those for this species yet.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 July, 2011 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

eatasandwich,
If you would like to have your image as part of the guide. You can post it here.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 October, 2010 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

Check out this one
I used your photo to help me identify this young lady.

… eatasandwich, 10 October, 2010 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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