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Mushroom With Legs - Araneus diadematus

Windsor, Ontario, Canada
November 7, 2013
Size: 17mm body

Found this specimen in my back yard among the leaves. I'm having trouble identifying it online, any ideas? Thanks.

Contributed by Peter on 7 November, 2013 - 9:36pm
Last updated 8 November, 2013 - 6:11am

Araneus trifolium (Hentz, 1847)

See The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 23. The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska, pages 233-235. Quite widespread, but not as common as A. diadematus.
See also for color picture: National Audubon Soc., Field Guide to Insects and Spiders, picture 690 (allowing for color variation).

… Paul S Boyer, 25 September, 2014 - 8:17pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Lynette Elliott, 8 November, 2013 - 6:11am

Looks a lot like this Araneus diadematus

… John Rosenfeld, 7 November, 2013 - 10:23pm

But isn’t

But that is not A. diadematus: color wrong, pattern wrong. That is another A. trifolium.

… Paul S Boyer, 25 September, 2014 - 8:21pm

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