Comments & ID Thoughts
Underneath a wooden cabin.
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- Submitted: Oct 24, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 20, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: New Hartford , Connecticut, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Forest
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Hi, I think your spider is a cat-faced orbweaver, Araneus gemmoides. Since they are usually positioned with their eyes toward the ground, like yours, that makes the “cat face” upside down. The pointy bumps are supposed to be the cat ears, the indents are seen as eyes, and the markings down the back are the cat nose and mouth. And that’s a reason we have binomial nomenclature to more scientifically name living things.