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I'm curious to know if this is an orb weaver. Because of the angle I can't get a perfect picture on it
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- Submitted: Aug 19, 2023
- Photographed: Aug 19, 2023
- Spider: Micrathena gracilis (Spined Micrathena)
- Location: Lordstown, Ohio, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Aug 24, 2023
Aug 24, 2023
Chatham-Kent, 
I believe it to be a micrathena gracious, but I’m not entirely sure.
*Micrathena Gracilis
Yes. There isn’t any other orbweavers with that shape in Ohio. Her orb web is most visible in the bottom right of the photo. I found them to be difficult to photograph because of the height of their webs and because they have webs at odd times of the day. I accidentally damaged one of the webs and the spider immediately went to that section and started rolling it into a stringy noodle shape. She started eating the old web from one end of the noodle.