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Pumpkin spider
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- Submitted: Oct 16, 2020
- Photographed: Oct 15, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Independence, Minnesota, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Orange Marbled Orb weaver
This seems to be a female Shamrock Orb- Weaver.
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Here’s a great tip a scientist gave me for recognizing this species – The legs are red close to the body, then white, red, white, black, white, black.
Shamrock Orbweavers have alternating dark and light legs band markings.
Thank you! Makes more sense now.
Marbled Orbweaver, Araneus marmoreus