CLOSED: Could this spider belong to the genus Araneus ?

bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Dec 03, 2007

Found this on my ceiling while cleaning and took it ouside to take picts of it, which are still not that sharp because of the dark weather.
I found one in my insectbook that looks identical in body shape: Araneus quadratus but mine has a different pattern on its back,
then I found another on the web with identical body, better matching patterns, but still not the same...

http://images.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dantis.tvk.lt/4images/data/media/184/Araneus_diadematus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dantis.tvk.lt/4images/details.php%3Fimage_id%3D3724%26sessionid%3D8bf4730c2775c13711d8f&h=623&w=764&sz=218&hl=nl&start=115&sig2=3y3wkF5r7_BPYTa15et7_g&tbnid=5PoyWFRr1TRW_M:&tbnh=116&tbnw=142&eid=AVZTR4jNE6OewAH9mZC4Dg&prev=

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Dec 03, 2007

another pic.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Dec 03, 2007

and a backside view;

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OldNed Merritt Island, FL(Zone 10a) Dec 03, 2007

There are more than 600 species in the genus Araneus.

I think it's one of them.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Dec 04, 2007

Thank you OldNed! I suppose its impossible to find the right specie..
so I'll mark this as being solved..

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Dec 04, 2007

bonitin,
I think your spider is the European Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus, as in the link you provided above and as shown here: http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspiders/araneusdiadematus.htm

We have a page for it in BugFiles here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1185/
and would be pleased if you could add your image,

Kennedy

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Dec 05, 2007

Thank you Kennedy!
The strange thing is that I found it inside the house on the ceiling and it didn't have a web, I suppose it will be happy I moved it outside as it is after all a 'garden' spider..
I'll enter it in the BF.

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