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Is this a brown widow? I found it on the leaf of a potted plant in my yard
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- Submitted: Nov 27, 2024
- Photographed: Nov 27, 2024
- Spider: Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orb-weaver)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Huntersville , North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Egg sacs
Oct 13, 2024
Oct 13, 2024
Barryton, 
It’s definitely not a widow spider. It is a very pretty little female orb weaver with her egg sac . I don’t know which species she is…
Because she has just laid her eggs….her abdomen is shrunken and is out of shape.
I identiified her as Araneus Marmoreus because of the intense orange in her markings, that other US Orbweavers don’t have and because her leg band markings, proximal to distal, are: red, black and white, black. A professor who volunteered for our site told me that the leg band color pattern is the constant for this species. I wonder if she’s monitoring her eggs for movements. Her pedipalps and all of her feet are in contact with the egg sac.