Spider ID

[Rich & Toni Floyd]

Is this a species of Orb Weaver? What is the species?

Rich

[clever...@gmail.com]

Rich,

It looks quite similar to a spider that appeared dangling from a silken cord of perhaps 20 feet in length in 2021, shown here wrapping up a meal.

 

 

At the time, someone on EFN identified it as a giant lichen orb weaver.

 

Steve Wilson

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[Don Brown]

Julie Grahn id’ed this on as a Giant Lichen Orbweaver  Araneus bicentenarius - female - based on larger size. Same?

Cute little buggers aren’t they?

On Sep 24, 2023, at 4:53 PM, <clever...@gmail.com> <clever...@gmail.com> wrote:

Rich, 

It looks quite similar to a spider that appeared dangling from a silken cord of perhaps 20 feet in length in 2021, shown here wrapping up a meal.

 

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At the time, someone on EFN identified it as a giant lichen orb weaver.

 

Steve Wilson

 

 

 

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Is this a species of Orb Weaver? What is the species?

Rich

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[clever...@gmail.com]

Not so much when you look up and see it dangling a foot above one’s head….

 

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Subject: Re: {Ely Field Naturalists} Spider ID

 

Julie Grahn id’ed this on as a Giant Lichen Orbweaver  Araneus bicentenarius - female - based on larger size. Same?

 

Cute little buggers aren’t they?

 

[Steve J Engel]

They are beautiful. Here's one from last summer:

Steve in Babbitt

35 Hemlock Circle

Babbitt, MN  55706
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM Rich & Toni Floyd <egls...@frontier.com> wrote:

Is this a species of Orb Weaver? What is the species?

Rich

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[chaff...@comcast.net]

We used to get them under our deck, but I haven't seen any in the last couple of summers. Here is a photo from a few years ago. Mike

 

 

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[Don Brown]

I wonder if they gave inspiration to  a certain rock band😄:

On Sep 24, 2023, at 10:06 PM, chaff...@comcast.net wrote:

We used to get them under our deck, but I haven't seen any in the last couple of summers. Here is a photo from a few years ago. Mike

 

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On 09/24/2023 9:17 PM CDT Steve J Engel <track...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

 

They are beautiful. Here's one from last summer:

<Orb spider close up in jar.JPG>

Steve in Babbitt

35 Hemlock Circle

Babbitt, MN  55706
https://mywildtracks.com/
503-640-1123

 

 

 

On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM Rich & Toni Floyd <egls...@frontier.com> wrote:

Is this a species of Orb Weaver? What is the species?

Rich

 

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[Rich & Toni Floyd]

Thanks, everyone, for the ID. It's unanimous.

Rich

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[Rich & Toni Floyd]

Thanks, everyone, for the ID. It's unanimous. And, yes, I see the resemblance with Kiss.

Rich

On 9/25/2023 7:47 AM, Don Brown wrote:

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