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Enjoying a Wee Snack! This female Cross Spider has caught a small flying insect in its web. Araneus diadematus,Canada,Cross Orb Weaver,Cross Spider,European garden spider,Fall,Geotagged Click/tap to enlarge

Enjoying a Wee Snack!

This female Cross Spider has caught a small flying insect in its web.

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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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Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by gary fast
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Uploaded Oct 4, 2019. Captured Oct 4, 2019 13:29 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/22.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 60mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.