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- Submitted: Sep 27, 2019
- Photographed: Sep 27, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Riverside , Rhode Island, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
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She might be a Shamrock Orbweaver, Araneus trifolium. She’s very light colored and unusual. My back-up identification for her is Araneus diadematus, a Cross Orbweaver. Either way she’s in genus Araneus in family Aranidae. Thank you for sharing your photo of this beautiful spider.