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Thomaston, Maine
Bright orange crawling across a parking lot
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- Submitted: Nov 21, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Thomaston, Maine, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Possibly araneus diadematus, female. Looks like her abdomen has been squashed.
I agree with the ID. That not-so-flattering flabby abdomen means she probably deposited her Autumn eggs and she’s feeling a bit deflated. After they fill the egg sack they seem to need to go out for a drink. It must be rather dehydrating to push out dozens of eggs and the silk to wrap them in. A lot of photos have come in showing female orbweavers on wet pavement in Autumn.