Comments & ID Thoughts
This spider is in my backyard. It has made a web from a tree down to the ground. Can anyone identify this spider?
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- Submitted: Oct 4, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 4, 2018
- Spider: Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orb-weaver)
- Location: Horn Lake, Mississippi, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
Can anyone identify this spider?
Can you see the belly?
Hi. your spider looks to be a cross orb weaver, Araneus diadematus. Very harmless, beneficial spiders.
https://spiderid.com/spider/araneidae/araneus/diadematus/
Hey thanks, I have never see one! Been here 35 years and this is the first! I am posting a picture of the belly for you.
Hi, this is a Hentz Orb-weaver (Neoscona crucifera). 🙂
Thank you, I was worried. I have several children who play in the backyard and do a lot of swimming. My whole life I’ve never seen one in Mississippi where I live. This is very neat. Good to know they not harmful.