Comments & ID Thoughts
Texas orb-weaver?
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- Submitted: Sep 6, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 6, 2018
- Spider: Araneus (Angulate & Round-shouldered Orb-weavers)
- Location: Thoreau, New Mexico, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
Captured it in a jar – have never seen one of these before. I live in a rural area east of Gallup NM.
Hi there this spider looks like a Cat spider or Araneus gemmoides :3
I think Araneus illaudatus is most likely. The shoulder points are more pointy than the other species’ and the markings down the abdomen match A. illaudatus.