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Macro Shot of Larinioides ixobolus Spider

Larinioides ixobolus is a spider from the wider orb weavers family, builders of circular hunting nets.

 

Body size ranges 11-11.5 mm for males and 14-18 mm for females (depicted here). Head and body are red-brown in color, and unlike its cousins (ie Cross Spider), it has a week dorsal pattern. Males, compared to females, have a smaller abdomen and longer legs, similar to all members of the genus Larinioides.

 

Occurrence: from Central Europe to Eurasia.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on August 28, 2021
Taken on July 22, 2021