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Friend thinks it may be a male cat-faced orb weaver? Smaller than similar ones I've seen, have had others similar that are larger and a brighter orange-ish color
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- Submitted: Jun 4, 2025
- Photographed: Jun 4, 2025
- Spider: Araneus gemmoides (Cat-faced Spider)
- Location: Yakima, Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Aug 27, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
Spokane, 
Your friend is right, Araneus gemmoides, a cat face spider. Nice photo
Cogsandgears, I can’t tell which gender it is. It could be a male whose pedipalps aren’t visible at this angle or it could be a young female. The adult females are the ones that usually get photographed because they grow ( and live ) much longer than the males.
Ahh yeah that makes sense
I couldn’t get a good look at the pedipalps when I found it so I’m not 100% sure