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It's definitely a type of orbweaver, was hanging from a tree over the sidewalk at perfect head height, on a single thread. Almost walked into it face first, so I carefully tried to relocate it to a nearby bush.
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- Submitted: Oct 24, 2024
- Photographed: Oct 24, 2024
- Spider: Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers)
- Location: Bremen, Germany
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: No
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Help identify this spider
Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024
Neyaashlinigmiing, 
I believe this is a marbeled orb weaver, Araneus marmoreus
I wasn’t sure whether it was this or a four-spot orb-weaver, considering the abdomen was so pale i could barely make out a pattern at all. Either way I’m glad I saw it in the dark before I walked into it, I’m sure that would’ve been panic inducing for both of us.
Araneus quadratus seems like a good answer. The leg band markings and leg hairs don’t match Araneus marmoreus. I like how you describe it as being at “perfect head height.” I’m short, I walk under the Orbweavers. My husband and I hiked a forest that had Orbweavers every few feet iin any direction. He’s overcoming archnophobia, but he was getting panicky with the nonstop spider webs engulfing his head. 😉
My guess would be a female Araneus diadematus…they can look very round when they are about to lay eggs….and the usually white cross can be washed out looking…
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245017828
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17566884