Comments & ID Thoughts
I am rebuilding my renters deck and have ran accross many many different kinds of spider. When this one crawled up on my glove I kinda took interest on wanting to know all the species I have seen . So I will start with this.. is it a CAT FACED SPIDER?
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- Submitted: Oct 22, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 22, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Lake forest park , Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
No, but close. It is a Garden Cross Spider, Araneus diadematus, in the same family Araneidae. The white cross-shaped pattern at the front of the abdomen is distinct in this species.