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Pumpkin spider, aka marbled orb-weaver (Araneus marmoreus)
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- Submitted: Dec 26, 2025
- Photographed: Oct 13, 2025
- Spider: Araneus marmoreus (Marbled Orb-weaver)
- Location: Caledonia, Michigan, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower,Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland,Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Dec 5, 2025
Nov 23, 2025
Gainesville, 
Nice photo.
Wow! Love the photography!
Thank you, was a beautiful little thing on my late grandmother’s roses! <3
I always like seeing photos this species. They look too bright and colorful to be in cold northern states. There is a wide variety of colors and pattern combos for the species and they’re all pretty. I have yet to find a spider on any of my rose bushes. They do love briars though and a couple of species of native blackberries have joined the black raspberries in my yard. The thorny plants help keep people on the walkways when they wander my yard. 🙂