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Araneus marmoreus, female. Araneidae. 2716 Dutch Lane, Newark, McKean Township, Licking County, Ohio.
I found this prehistoric looking spider in my Michigan backyard. My best guess is a Crablike Spiny Orbweaver, though they are supposed to be found in the southern U.S.
Species: Metepeira labyrinthea
Common Name: Labyrinth Orbweaver
Date: 10-21-2020
Location: Clubhouse Road pond, Harford County, MD
USGS Quad: Perryman
Comments: ID verified by Chad Heins/BugGuide. Details and additional photo >>>HERE<<<.
Dear John,
I am not a spring chicken. This has been the most unusual summer for spiders, even the neighbors are taking pictures - or is it just my neighbors are unusual too. This guy has been hanging out outside my kitchen window. I had no idea really that he was so colorful until I had my neighbor-the one with the GOOD camera--come over and take a picture. I don't mind small spiders--but the ones that can be sautéed do kind of give me the willies.
Chris
I've had luck lately finding males of the Arrowhead Orbweaver. Often they are hiding between leaves. The females are so obvious so it's interesting the males are so subtle.
"Males are smaller and don't look very much like the females, as they lack the characteristic triangle on the abdomen. Males are rarely seen unless they are in a female's web either courting or mating with her." xplor.mdc.mo.gov/
Araniella displicata, on the back of mom's chair...
Ricoh 105mm f/2.8 1:1 macro with milk jug diffuser...
Summer is overwhelming with options....I love spiders and am always looking for them...along with the Odes, Birds, Butterlies, Moths, Caterpillars, Fungus, Plants....and everything else :)
Order: Araneae. Family: Araneidae. Species: Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1842). Male. (Lyndeborough, NH)
After wrapping the grasshopper, she pulled it up towards her hiding place. Photographed in Peers Wetland, near Wallaceburg, Ontario.