Aculepeira

Picture ID 3042

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Aculepeira armida

Submitted by:
marcd6
Submitted: Dec 18, 2017
Photographed: Jun 1, 2014
Spider: Aculepeira
Location: Torà, Lleida, Spain
Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Lateral, Webs, Prey

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ItsyBitsy

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December 18, 2017 11:15 am

Hi, welcome to SpiderID. 🙂 Lovely orbweaver, I’m not familiar enough with the spiders of your region to be certain of species. Did you consider or were you able to rule out Aculepeira ceropegia?

MarcD6

Photo Owner

Reply to ItsyBitsy

December 18, 2017 11:30 am

Hi, thanks! I think A. armida is more abundant but yes, I guess we cannot rule out A. ceropegia without genitalia.

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to MarcD6

December 18, 2017 1:48 pm

I considered A. carbonaria too, but just googling and looking at images that are purportedly that species I thought that one looked different enough and that A. armida had bolder markings, I thought it matched nicely with those IDed as A. ceropegia but given the angle and my lack of experience with them I’m not confident.