Baby European Garden Spider
This spider is extremely young based on its color and size, likely about 10 days old. It will lead a short tough life of weaving webs all day every day. The highlight of its life, reproduction, will likely also be its death as the much larger female may eat it after doing his thankless job.
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.
Similar species: Spiders
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded May 2, 2012. Captured May 2, 2012 18:23.
