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Banded Garden Spider? Guessing female due to size. Body is about 3/4" long, total size approx 2.25"
Pretty amazing looking
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- Submitted: Sep 28, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 27, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Hampton, New Hampshire, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Photo taken in web built between house, and basement bulkhead in flower garden area. Interesting herringbone stitch type areas of web leading out of center, for strength?
Hi, yes this is a silver banded garden spider, Neoscona trifasciata. They are fantastically dramatic looking. Yes, the zigzag webbing that can form rays from the center of the web is thought to add strength. The sigular for that web band is stabilimenta, stabilimentum is the plural. It is a signiture trait of orbweaver spiders to have it in circular, orb webs. It is also hypothesized that stabilimentum help larger animals see and avoid the big webs, which protects the spider and saves her a bit of work. The banded orbweavers usually rest with stabilimentum bands running along the same… Read more »