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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus bonsallae
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Which Araneus? - Araneus bonsallae - male
Copyright © 2012 Carmen Champagne

Which Araneus? - Araneus bonsallae - Male
Athens/ Sandy Creek Park, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
April 22, 2012
On a wooden rail with no web in sight.

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Which Araneus? - Araneus bonsallae - male Which Araneus? - Araneus bonsallae - male
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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 3 May, 2012 - 11:03pm
Last updated 6 May, 2012 - 10:24am

Araneus bonsallae
Moved from Araneus.

I also think that's our best guess. Sadly, there is no specific description for the male of this species in Levi's PDF. However, the dorsal pattern matches the female description and the male says... coloration as in female. The things that don't match are that the female description says rings around secondary eyes yellow & legs green with distal articles reddish. Obviously the rings around the eyes are red and I'd describe the legs as red banded. However, I think this is probably just variation in the species and terminology issues.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 May, 2012 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

This makes us think bonsallae,

but we'll have to hit the books and read the descriptions again.
… john and jane balaban, 4 May, 2012 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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