Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Watch Reply
More
Mark unread Print Skip to new
TUTMOS baku, Azerbaidjan(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2009

Thumbnail by TUTMOS
Post #6718711
Quote
Sep 05, 2009

This entry is entered incorrectly.
Tutmos, do you know where it should go?
It's a fantastic photo!

Post #7027582
Quote
kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Sep 07, 2009

Tutmos,
as GardenGuyKin says, your image is not the Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus). In fact I do not think it is in the orb-weaver family. It looks to me like one of the flower spiders in the family Thomisidae.

It is similar to the Long Crab Spider (Sidymella longipes): http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/2078/
but that is an Australian species and shows some definite differences from yours.

I found a list of Thomisidae spiders that might be found in Azerbaijan: http://szmn.sbras.ru/Inverteb/Thomisidae.html
but cannot find pictures of many of them.

We would very much like to retain your image in BugFiles, but unless you can discover its true identity, I shall have to delete it (at least until it can be identified),

Kennedy

Post #7034043
Quote

Post a Reply to this Thread

Please or sign up to post.
Back to Forum Homepage

More BugFiles Pictures Threads

Go to all BugFiles Pictures threads
BACK TO TOP