Comments & ID Thoughts
Marbled Orb-Weaver
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- Submitted: Dec 5, 2019
- Photographed: Dec 5, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Curwensville , Pennsylvania, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Marbled Orb-Weaver
She’s a Furrow Orbweaver in genus Larinioides. There is a markings pattern on the abdomen like { } that many species in the family Aranidae have in common. It is more visible in Marbled Orbweavers and Furrow Orbweavers. In this case a visible difference is the colors. This species is shades of brown. Marbleds can have mixes of black, white, yellow, orange, red, and/or purple.
You say it looks like {}; I say it looks like a Rorschach Test.
It does! Unfortunately, many spiders do.