Comments & ID Thoughts
This is the top side of the spider. The web is magnificent at 6-8 ft in diameter. Found with it's web spread between my log posts on my front porch. I thought wolf spider initially but it isn't that.
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- Submitted: Sep 10, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 10, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Barboursville, West Virginia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Hi. your little friend is an orb weave, Araneidae family. Best I can make for the dark femurs is spotted orb weaver, Neoscona genus, Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orb-weaver)?
https://spiderid.com/spider/araneidae/neoscona/crucifera/