Comments & ID Thoughts
I've never seen a spider like this before. Some kids at a school where I worked discovered it and were afraid of it. I convinced them not to kill it. I think it's a Shamrock Spider
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- Submitted: Oct 23, 2021
- Photographed: Oct 22, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Arcadia, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
She may be Eriophora edax, a relatively rare orbweaver. She’s going to make an egg sac very soon. Thanks for giving the ID a try – that’s how this site got me hooked on spiders in the first place with a mysterious orbweaver I found. Shamrock Orbweavers always have alternating light and dark leg band markings, that’s the easy way to rule them out. Thank you for saving her life! I live adjacent to a playground and there are many other parks and playgrounds in my neighborhood. So, I intervene in wildlife slaughters quite frequently. I use the, “why this… Read more »