Comments & ID Thoughts
No idea.
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Mar 29, 2018
- Photographed: Mar 29, 2018
- Spider: Eratigena
- Location: Salem, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
I could be wrong, but it looks like a garden spider of the genus Argiope.
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Giant House Spider (Eratigena sp.). Three similar species were synonymized as Eratigena atrica a few years ago and because of DNA testing were recently split back into 3 species. I need to re-familiarize myself with them.