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Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - female
Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff

Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - Female
San Mateo County, California, USA
October 13, 2011
Dorsal Ventral view.

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Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - female Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - female Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - female Cross Spider? - Araneus diadematus - female
Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 11 November, 2011 - 9:41pm
Last updated 13 November, 2011 - 1:10am

This would be described as a ventral view.
You can just click on Edit under the image and amend your comments.
In this view the structures right behind the back legs are the female reproductive structures, the visible parts being the epigynum.
… john and jane balaban, 12 November, 2011 - 8:15am

 
Oops...you're absolutely correct!
Thanks for catching that goof and letting me know. As time hurtles forward, seems I'm developing a knack for interchanging opposites...a kind of verbal dyslexia :-)

Thanks also for pointing out the rather interesting structure of the epigynum. I totally missed that earlier. I've posted a fourth cropped image showing more detail for that.
… Aaron Schusteff, 12 November, 2011 - 9:43am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Aaron Schusteff, 11 November, 2011 - 10:05pm

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