Spider Web - Leucauge argyra

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Moved from Spiders. Thanks for the additional image. This will make a nice web shot for the guide page & my article on spider sign.

… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 3:34pm

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… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 9:31am

orb-weaver

I think we should consider Larinia directa based on images I've seen of L. borealis webs. The Basilica orb-weaver makes a horizontal web that domes, but otherwise it doesn't look like your image above. One more to consider is Leucauge argyra. Other than that I don't have any other suggestions. Maybe someone else will recognize it.

I don't suppose you can go back & take a picture of the spider?

… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 9:31am

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Here's a picture I took in the afternoon. I would eliminate the Larinia directa. This looks more like the Leucauge argyra.
Thanks, Lynette (I'm more of a photographer than an entomologist, and I appreciated the photos on your page, together with the bibliography on Macro.

… T Guy Spencer, 9 January, 2012 - 3:29pm