Araneus diadematus
(Cross Orb-weaver)

Comments & ID Thoughts

3cm from leg to leg. I have been feeding this spider house flies for a week. Found it in a window in my dining room. It’s become part of the family now and we eat dinner with it.

• Submitted by: 
  
  deneb
• Submitted: Oct 12, 2018
• Photographed: Oct 12, 2018
• Spider: Araneus diadematus (Cross Orb-weaver)
• Sex: 
  
  Female,
• Maturity: 
  Adult
• Location: Dedham, Massachusetts, United States
• Spotted Indoors: Other
• Found in web?: Yes
• Attributes: Ventral, Webs