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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium)
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Banded Garden Spider? Cat Faced? - Araneus trifolium
Copyright © 2013 kyac

Banded Garden Spider? Cat Faced? - Araneus trifolium
Banks, Washington County, Oregon, USA
August 31, 2013
Size: 1-1/2"
Similar to Banded Garden but have seen no pictures featuring Ritz-cracker type 'sac' which is not pointed like the Cat Faced.

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Banded Garden Spider? Cat Faced? - Araneus trifolium Banded Garden Spider? Cat Faced? - Araneus trifolium
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Contributed by kyac on 1 September, 2013 - 1:32am
Last updated 2 September, 2013 - 8:39am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 September, 2013 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

Can't quite make out the pattern on the dorsal abdomen
but with those legs we would suggest The Shamrock, Araneus trifolium
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2013 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
That looks like her ilk. Hadn
That looks like her ilk. Hadn't run across that name or photos in my brief search. The online ID guides I've seen aren't geared to selecting her most prominent feature. Thanks for the help.
… kyac, 2 September, 2013 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

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