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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus
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Male Araneus miniatus? - Araneus - male
Copyright © 2013 Dorothy E. Pugh

Male Araneus miniatus? - Araneus - Male
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
December 30, 2012
This was a very small spider.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 5 January, 2013 - 10:03am
Last updated 19 January, 2013 - 11:52am

Are there additional images
We would especially like to get a better view of the spot(s) on the 'shoulders' of the abdomen.
… john and jane balaban, 5 January, 2013 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Araneus
Moved from ID Request. Yes, nice one. As John says it's one of the smaller male Araneus species. They can be tougher to ID than the females. I don't suppose you've seen any females around?
… Lynette Elliott, 5 January, 2013 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Lynette!
This was a very solitary spider. Most of the spiders I find around here are on trail bollards and apparently were blown there by the wind. But a group of False Black Widow spiderlings do wind up as a group, the only exceptions to that rule!
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 5 January, 2013 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Maybe
a male Araneus, I'm not sure of the species but here is something similar as an example. The two spots are interesting and may help with an ID.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 January, 2013 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, John!
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… Dorothy E. Pugh, 5 January, 2013 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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