Araneus marmoreus. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

Holloway Park, Lakeland, Florida, 04/02/2019

Orchard Orbweaver, Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1842). Ventral view. Body length ~10mm. Near Brentsville, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2011

Newton Co., Texas

He was my hairiest subject yet.

Interesting information on this spider!!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoscona_crucifera

Arrow-shaped Micrathena, Micrathena sagittata.

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Manu national park, Manu lodge, Amazonian lowlands. Found during a nigh hike.

El Yunque National Forest, Río Grande, Puerto Rico.

Eustala anastera

Family Araneidae

Spiny-backed Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis or Gasteracantha elipsoides). Also sometimes called a Jewel Box Spider.

I walked outside today to find five individuals and their webs.

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Class Arachnida - Arachnids

Order Araneae - Spiders

Infraorder Araneomorphae - True Spiders

No Taxon Entelegynes

Family Araneidae - Orb Weavers

Genus Neoscona - Spotted Orbweavers

Species oaxacensis - Western Spotted Orbweaver

Thanks, Patrick!

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A dime-sized orbweaver spider shot near a service light on our garage.

Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge argyrobapta)

The Orchard Orbweaver is shy, and drops from its web straight to the ground if it feels threatened.

Disclaimer: The background of this image was changed to green from the original dirty gray to help bring out the colors of the spider.

Spider time (again)!

Female Garden Orb Weaver Eriophora biapicata?

Neoscona sp. Araneidae

I thought I'd seen most of the common spiders in this area last year. But as the daylight was fading on Sunday I noticed something that looked like debris sitting in the middle of a spider web. It took a while to find the front of it, but when I did I discovered one of the most adorable spiders of all, the Acanthepeira stellata - Starbellied Orbweaver.

Lives in a window well outside the front door of my building.

Ocrepeira

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Arachnida - Arachnids

Order Araneae - Spiders

Infraorder Araneomorphae - True Spiders

No Taxon Entelegynes

Family Araneidae - Orb Weavers

Genus Neoscona - Spotted Orbweavers

Species oaxacensis - Western Spotted Orbweaver

Eating a tasty honeybee.

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

Also known as Pumpkin spiders.

The male was across the porch from the big female on the web. He had a tiny little bit of web attached to the wall, but was otherwise webless.

Neoscona crucifera, male

Neoscona Orbweaver spider, Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838). Commonly seen around the yard in early Fall. Near Brentsville, Virginia, USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2011

EOL: eol.org/pages/1195904/entries/33368953/

golden orbweaver, Araneidae

Araniella displicata

Lakeland Highlands Scrub, Polk County, Florida,08/23/2018

Order: Araneae. Family: Araneidae. Species: Araneus diadematus (Clerck, 1758). Also known as the European Garden Spider, Diadem Spider or Cross Spider. Native to central and northern Europe. (Salem, MA)

Araneus marmoreus. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

Leucauge venusta--this is apparently a male. It had a little bit of a web on some leaves, I think, but not the large web of a female.

-BugGuide account--Leucauge venusta

-->Information on Howell Woods in Johnston County, North Carolina

From the Uloboridae family.

I had just finished trimming our hedge on Monday morning, being careful to leave the spiderwebs intact. Still, it must have been disruptive for the residents. Afterwards I found this orchard orbweaver on my orange extension cord (left). I carefully guided her off the wire so that I could photograph her underside (right). Mary escorted her back into the holly.

Spider time (again)!