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spider - Larinioides sclopetarius

spider - Larinioides sclopetarius
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 29, 2013
In the past, I have seen many Larinioides spiders (many of which are on BugGuide), mostly at two locations in Champaign, IL and Putnam Valley, NY. Most of the Champaign spiders were identified as L. patagiatus, and the NY pictures seem to be well-matched with L. cornutus. All these individuals I have just described were only ever observed at night; their large webs sat barren during the day and I occasionally managed to observe them crawling out into their webs at twilight. However, the spiders (including this individual) that I have been uploading recently and saw this summer in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were observed in the middle of the day. For this reason, I was hesitant to believe them to be L., although they bear a close resemblance, because this did not match with what I had previously observed about the behavior of that group of spiders. See L. sclopetarius and L. cornutus, which both describe this nocturnal behavior.

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Larinioides sclopetarius is often found out in the middle of the day in Washington, so I assume the same would be true in your area. Based mostly on your image of the male, I'm pretty certain these are the Gray Cross Spider.

Yes, Larinioides
Not clear what you are asking about seen in the daytime and never at night. Can you click on Edit and clarify your remarks?

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