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Cross orb weaver With decapitated honeybee. According to Pacific Northwest Insects (Merrill A. Peterson, 2018), A. diadematus has PNW-wide distribution, common in gardens W of Cascades and BC Coast Range. This summer after a very wet spring and midsummer (before the horrendous western US forest fires of September) the garden grew many and large orb weavers. Last year, which was much drier, few Araneus and much smaller. Araneus diadematus,European garden spider,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Cross orb weaver

With decapitated honeybee. According to Pacific Northwest Insects (Merrill A. Peterson, 2018), A. diadematus has PNW-wide distribution, common in gardens W of Cascades and BC Coast Range. This summer after a very wet spring and midsummer (before the horrendous western US forest fires of September) the garden grew many and large orb weavers. Last year, which was much drier, few Araneus and much smaller.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Nice. Here it also is a late summer species, September/October they appear everywhere. Posted 4 years ago

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The Cross Orbweaver

The spider species "Araneus diadematus" is commonly called the European garden spider, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider, although this name is also used for a different species, "Araneus marmoreus". It is an orb-weaver spider found in Europe and North America.

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Uploaded Sep 12, 2020. Captured Sep 10, 2020 17:40 in 2818 Broadway St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
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  • PENTAX K-7
  • f/10.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.