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This is the same spider as the other one I submitted on June 25,2024. I'm pretty sure that it's an orb weaver. What type, I'm unsure of. It is on a large rose that is about the size of a large human palm. It did have a web spun, but was damaged by water spray. I've seen it for several days now. It hides up inside one of the roses.
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- Submitted: Jun 25, 2024
- Photographed: Jun 24, 2024
- Spider: Araneus andrewsi
- Location: Jackson, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower,Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: In Retreat
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
Grover beach, 
I originally Idenfied her as Araneus gemma, but changed my mind when I saw her markings in the other photo. Here’s more info https://bugguide.net/node/view/72653
I was just searching on Bug Guide and I believe I might have found it. Araneus illaudatus. I believe this is the web site: https://bugguide.net/node/view/326401/bgimage. There are several images that look similar.
It could be but A. gemmoides and A illaudatus are so similar that bugguide has a combined page for some spiders. Where they can’t tell the difference….your spider has such a thick noticeable white line though I think it might be A. gemmoides…..look at this pic and see what you think….it really is a guessing game though… orb weavers are very variable
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1581673/bgimage
Are you certain this isn’t Araneus gemmoides…bugguide mentions a “fine white line crossed by two shallow white Vs on the anterior of the abdomen” for this species..
https://bugguide.net/node/view/33149
I haven’t been able to find any defining characteristics for A. Andrewsi. Am I missing something.
I’m unsure where the A. Andrewsi came from. I didn’t have any genus listed.
Also, she was not in retreat. She was rather unhappy and standing her ground because I had just sprayed the rose she was in.