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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus)
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Beautiful spider - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2011 Kim Wood

Beautiful spider - Araneus diadematus
Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: ~1/2"
I was nervous getting so close to this guy... I'm terrified of spiders!

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Beautiful spider - Araneus diadematus Orbweaver spiderlings - Araneus diadematus
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Contributed by Kim Wood on 13 December, 2011 - 8:42am

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Think how scared she was. :-) Humans mean little to these orb weavers, though. If you came too close, she'd drop out of the web (which can startle if you are not expecting this) and fall to the ground or into lower vegetation and then play dead, most likely.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 13 December, 2011 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Araneus diadematus - Cross Orbweaver
Moved from ID Request.

No worries, this is a harmless orbweaver. They usually stay in their web, they are very slow moving and they will help you get rid of mosquitoes.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 December, 2011 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
Babies too....
I never put the two together, but not far from this spider we also had multiple nests (?) that hatched a ton of spiderlings and now looking at the photos here I realize they were the same kind of spider! Those were really fun to watch as they branch out on their own.
… Kim Wood, 13 December, 2011 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

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