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This is Araneus bicentenarius. Adult female. She's a Giant Lichen Orbweaver. I found her older web in a tree in a forest before sunset. Twitching it caused her to swiftly emerge and go to the center of the web. I'm glad I got to see my husband's reaction to this large green spider rapidly emerging in front of his face!
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- Submitted: Jul 13, 2023
- Photographed: Jul 12, 2023
- Spider: Araneus bicentenarius (Giant Lichen Orb-weaver)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Aug 8, 2019
Aug 8, 2019
Bulverde, 
I love doing that with Orb Weavers! Beautiful spider
I’ve wanted to see this spider species with “Giant” in its common name since I started volunteering here. I volunteer GPS-linked photographing gravestones for BillionGraves.com. A very convenient thing is that cemeteries have a lot of spiders. This one was in a tree right at the front gate of a cemetery. I combine that with hunting down invasive species too. I don’t drive, gotta multitask my volunteering interests everywhere I go.
Sounds interesting with the Graves and stuff. I might check out the site.
What Araeinadae do you think is generally the largest? Araneus bicentenarius?
And true! I multitasking where ever I go to!! Sometimes I will be spider hunting and then will start taking pictures of a plant or reptile, etc.
I take pics of almost all living things so I can learn about them. I post some of them to Google Maps. Almost every place that has a name has a page in Google Maps that you can post relevant photos to. I just posted a mushroom pic to the page for the park where I took the photo. Other people’s photos are interesting to look at on that site. Most are quite well-done.
Awesome. I checked out the Grave site and it’s interesting. I did a little family research and found some interesting to explore.