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Spider

by Floyd Hopper

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 20, 2013146 views8 comments
I recently photographed this at Merced NWR. Can anyone ID this spider?
Thanks

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Peter Cross on September 20, 2013 at 7:44 PM
That's quite a pretty spider, Floyd. Nice colors and lots of detail in your image. Wish I could help on the ID but I know little about them. I saw a reference recently to a soon to be published guide to CA spiders from UC Press. It's one I'll get.
Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 20, 2013 at 7:47 PM
Is is big? It reminds me of the large Chinese Silk spiders, that we have in Texas, but is not quite a match to ours.
Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 20, 2013 at 8:26 PM
No idea, although it has a similar body shape to a Golden Weaver. How big is it? Anyway, a nicely detailed shot.
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on September 20, 2013 at 10:39 PM
No help with the ID, Floyd, but I sure like the comp and nice bg. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 21, 2013 at 2:43 AM
Floyd ..nice image a of a beautiful spider ..may be increase the contrast a tad bit

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 22, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Nice, Floyd. No help with the ID, unfortunately. Great bg.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 23, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Lovely bg for a very colourful litt;e creature, Floyd. Love the composition - almost feels like a still from a movie ( that's meant to be a complement by the way !! ). I'm no good on spider IDs, even European ones, I'm afraid
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on September 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM
Thank you all for comments and attepts at an ID. After a suggestion by Phil, I checked out several websites and decided it is a variety of a Golden Orb Weaver.
Registered on May 1, 2009, 652 Posts, 762 Comments