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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araniella » Sixspotted Orbweaver (Araniella displicata)
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Green Orb weaver? - Araniella displicata
Copyright © 2014 Sara Sherban

Green Orb weaver? - Araniella displicata
Creston, Kootenay Region, British Columbia, Canada
June 22, 2014
Size: 1 cm
Reddish body, light green/yellow back. It looks like a green orb-weaver, but I can't tell for sure. Any information is greatly appreciated.

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Contributed by Sara Sherban on 22 June, 2014 - 9:11pm
Last updated 22 June, 2014 - 10:23pm

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Ah-HAH. Yes, it's a Sixspotted Orbweaver. I looked through a bunch of others and that third pair of spots on the end was visible in all of them. I was worried I was missing something there, thanks for the extra image that cleared that up.
… Laura P., 22 June, 2014 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! It looks like ther
Thank you! It looks like there are four sets of spots, actually, if you look in the third picture beneath the third set, but I can't be sure because that's the last of the detailed pictures I took lol

Thanks for your help and time Laura :)
… Sara Sherban, 22 June, 2014 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome...
I needed to count the spots because Araniella proxima has 1-3 pairs of spots so I thought that's what it was when I could only see 2 pair, Araniella displatica has 3-4 pair.
… Laura P., 22 June, 2014 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

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ID based on the number of spots. Tentatively placed because I still can't fully see the back end of the abdomen, it doesn't look like there's another pair of spots there, I can't be positive though.
… Laura P., 22 June, 2014 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I see what you mean now, and
I see what you mean now, and added a third image. While it doesn't fully showcase the back end, you CAN see another set of spots that aren't shown in the other two photos. I'll see if I can find another that better shows it. So it's an Orb-weaver?
… Sara Sherban, 22 June, 2014 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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Do you have another shot that shows how many pairs of spots there are? 2 or 3?
… Laura P., 22 June, 2014 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I uploaded a second picture w
I uploaded a second picture which better showcases the back. It has two pairs of spots on the lower part.
… Sara Sherban, 22 June, 2014 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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