Hello garden friends,
These spiders have completely taken over our whole neighborhood in the last couple months. There are often 2 or 3 large ones in groups like they're trying to build a neighborhood of their own. In the 5 years we've been here, it's definitely a first, and these guys are EVERYWHERE with huge thick webs. I got a pretty good belly shot here, but if it's too hard to identify, I can get brave and get one of their tops. I assume they have migrated because of the strange climate changes this year. Thanks for looking! They range from about a quarter of an inch to half an inch tall.
Spider Identification, Northern California
I need to see the back to be certain. I think it's an Orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera. An Araneus, I pretty sure, at the very least. A good spider. We've had lots of these to be IDed lately.
Looks like one I have had in my daylily garden. It has caught lots of bugs.
To me, it looks like the same kind but possibly a young female? Let me go check and get back with you.
This message was edited Oct 15, 2011 6:42 PM
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