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Found on ledge next to house, almost sucked up with a vacuum cleaner but landed o the wall. It is big like an orb weaver but doesn't look like one. I call her Smiley for obvious reasons.
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- Submitted: Oct 8, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 8, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, she looks like Araneus illaudatus, a Texas Orbweaver, to me. They have a shape and pattern that looks like a creepy catoonish smile, just like Smiley. Araneus gemmoides, Cat-faced spiders are similar. She looks different than most orbweaver species because she has angular projections on her “shoulder” area instead of being rounded.