Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 14:06:07 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stella Aquilina Subject: Re: spider info requested MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I t might be a marbled orb weaver. They breed in the DC area in fall. Here is another picture that may be useful: http://troyb.com/photo/gallery/066-08-MarbledOrbWeaver.htm I was astounded when I saw one, its a real beauty of a spider. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlene Ripley" To: Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] spider info requested > Hi Rick, > > I recently came across a spider like that and thought it was worthy of > a photo. It's my Photo of the Week this week > . Is this what you saw? It looks like > some kind of orb weaver but one of that exact coloration is not in my > sole field guide to Insects and Spiders (Audubon Society). So I'd also > be interested if anyone knows exactly what it is. > > Arlene Ripley > Calvert County, MD > piwa@earthlink.net > http://nestbox.com > > At 10:35 AM 11/16/2003, Rick Sussman wrote: > > >..........On my way out, as I was getting in my van, I spied > >something bright orange on the ground right near the van. I was > >already sitting in the driver's seat, > >and my van is fairly high off the ground, so whatever it was really caught my > >eye. It was the color of an orange highway cone, really bright. I got back out > >and took a closer look, and found it was a spider. Rather large > >(perhaps 1.5-2 > >centimeters), but lethargic because it was still cold out. I picked > >it up on > >the end of a stick and gave it closer examination. I have never seen > >any spider like it. It legs were also orange, but sort of banded with > >brown, and its abdomen was large and odd shaped, with very bright > >markings of orange and brownish-white. Its legs were rather "hairy", > >but because it held them in close to > >its body due to the cold, I couldn't really judge its size, but it was rather > >large. It might have been some sort of crab spider, but I'm not > >certain, and I > >only have limited spider resources in my library. Any help IDing it > >would be > >appreciated. > > I thought of taking it home to try an ID it here, but I didn't want > >to remove it from its "home" territory, so I left it on a small weed > >in the parking lot, very near where I found it. This was my best > >sighting of the day! > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================