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Orb-weaver Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/31545/waiting_in_ambush.html" title="Waiting in ambush"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/31545_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=6o2DCR3SvDnLQMpZmcEJ7eBsOrc%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Waiting in ambush Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31543/orb-weaver.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31544/weaving_a_net.html Aculepeira ceropegia,Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Araneidae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Oak Spider,Oak spider,Orb-weaver,Spiders,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/31544/weaving_a_net.html" title="Weaving a net"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/31544_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=UsKzkVBvV3KLAygyeO9pU68xQOc%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Weaving a net Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31543/orb-weaver.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31545/waiting_in_ambush.html Aculepeira ceropegia,Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Araneidae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Oak Spider,Oak spider,Orb-weaver,Spiders,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife" /></a></figure> Aculepeira ceropegia,Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Araneidae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Oak Spider,Oak spider,Orb-weaver,Spiders,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Orb-weaver

Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia

Waiting in ambush Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31543/orb-weaver.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31544/weaving_a_net.html Aculepeira ceropegia,Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Araneidae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Oak Spider,Oak spider,Orb-weaver,Spiders,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife

Weaving a net Oak spider female - Aculepeira ceropegia<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31543/orb-weaver.html<br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/31545/waiting_in_ambush.html Aculepeira ceropegia,Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Araneidae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Oak Spider,Oak spider,Orb-weaver,Spiders,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Nice backlight! Posted 10 years ago
  2. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    I would love to line up all the orb patterns in the world to compare. Posted 9 years ago

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The Oak Spider

''Aculepeira ceropegia'', the oak spider, is an orb-weaving spider species with Palearctic distribution.

This spider is easy to identify due to its unique marking in the form of an oak leaf.

Female spiders grow up to 14 mm, males only up to 8 mm.

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Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Jul 14, 2015. Captured Jul 13, 2015 16:48 in ulitsa "Stefan Stambolov" 176, 1444 Bistritsa, Bulgaria.
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  • egia
  • f/6.3
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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