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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 - Araneus saevus - female
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Hart

Araneus - Araneus saevus - Female
5 mi. south of Port Angeles, ~2,000 ft. elevation, Clallam County, Washington, USA
October 8, 2011
Size: 1.5 cm, approximately
This female Araneus, apparently after laying, was inhabiting our deck and adjacent flowers. She seemed either cold or old, as she was very sluggish.
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I saw lots of bugguide pages not identified to species, so I collected her.

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 8 October, 2011 - 6:08pm
Last updated 10 October, 2011 - 9:40pm

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Moved from Araneus. From Rod Crawford: The Port Angeles one is clearly saevus - a nice record!
… Lynette Elliott, 10 October, 2011 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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Looks like Araneus saevus to me. Nice shot of the epigyne.
… John Sloan, 8 October, 2011 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Araneus saevus
would be my guess too. Since you have such great epigyne/scape shots I've emailed Rod to verify. I think these could become voucher images.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 October, 2011 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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