Araneus sp. - Araneus - BugGuide.Net

Great that you are making sense

of these guys (and gals)

… john and jane balaban, 21 February, 2015 - 1:12pm

Sorting...

I think I'm getting a handle on the gals (at least the adults & sub-adults), but a lot of the males and immatures have me confused! It's too bad that there isn't some way to get a diagnostic palp shot on a live male.

… Alice Abela, 21 February, 2015 - 1:46pm

We seem to remember that

Kyron had figured out a way to take palp images of live spiders. You might send him a note, or maybe his techniques were posted here somewhere. Ah! It is linked on his contributor page

… john and jane balaban, 21 February, 2015 - 2:00pm

Thanks!

I'll see if I can rig a similar restraint system for use in the field, it looks like it should be do-able.

I haven't wanted to overload the guide with all my spider shots as I've been shooting just about every one of these little guys I come across, but I do have a lot of them up on flickr grouped by color morph and tentative ID in their own album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/sets/72157648550454454/

… Alice Abela, 21 February, 2015 - 4:05pm

Moved

Moved from Orb Weavers.

… Alice Abela, 21 February, 2015 - 12:40pm

Araneus bispinosis

I'm thinking she's an immature A. bispinosis, The anterior medial eye distances match those on the mature females I'm seeing currently.

… Alice Abela, 21 January, 2015 - 10:09am

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2014 - 3:32pm

Yes, looks like another montereyensis

and 5mm is a much better size. Nice finds!

… john and jane balaban, 4 April, 2014 - 7:36pm

Very nice

I think this female looks one molt from being mature... but I might be wrong about that. I don't have time to look more this morning but hopefully someone else will have more to say... and I'll have more time this weekend to study it more closely.

… Lynette Elliott, 4 April, 2014 - 8:35am

Thanks Lynette

Bugguide doesn't seem to display maturity status for non-leps. I was thinking immature on this one too.

… Alice Abela, 4 April, 2014 - 5:21pm