Comments & ID Thoughts
more pics of the spider, what is it?
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- Submitted: Sep 19, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 19, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Can anyone tell me what kind this is?
Orb Weaver
That’s what I was thinking when I was looking it up. Looks most like a cat-faced orb weaver don’t you think?
She might be Araneus trifolium, a shamrock orbweaver. We received a lot of pics of that species from your state. The legs are white and black or white and gray banded on A trifolium. They can be white, gray, tan, or peach colored. Both species can have angulate shoulders. I’ll look up her ventral surface to see if that helps differentiate.