Araniella displicata
(Six-spotted Orb-weaver)

Comments & ID Thoughts

found this guy on the deck, thought it was a tick until i noticed it had started spinning his web between the boards, snapped a shot with my phone cause it has what looks like a skull pattern on the back and i’ve never seen a spider with six creepy holes on its body, so i ended up here when i was searching online to identify its species.

• Submitted by: 
  
  cipher
• Submitted: Apr 18, 2019
• Photographed: Apr 17, 2019
• Spider: Araniella displicata (Six-spotted Orb-weaver)
• Location: chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
• Found in web?: Yes
• Attributes: Dorsal