Cat-faced Spider
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Description: Photographs, description, life history and habits of Araneus gemmoides.
HPIPM:Cat-faced Spider - Bugwoodwiki Compiled by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University: Figure 1. Cat-faced spider swollen with eggs. Identification and Descriptive Features: The large, full-grown females (Figure 1) are the stage most often seen. These vary from about 5-7 mm long and 4.5-5.5 mm wide. Males (Figure 7) are considerably smaller, about half as large. Both sexes have a bulbous abdomen with a pair of projections on the front. A faint white line runs down the midline of the front of the abdomen and it is usually crossed with small V-shaped markings. Overall coloration is highly variable and ranges from straw-colored (Figure 2) to dark grayish brown (Figure 3). The combination of the projections of the abdomen, dimples and markings lead to the common name “cat-faced spider”.
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