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Spider Photo: Large Marbled Orange Orb Weaver
Earlier I had posted some photos of amazing round spider webs. This is one of the guys responsible for the orbs. He was sitting by the entrance to my front door. Beautiful isn’t he?
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jamie said,
October 30, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Elizabeth, it was quite a delight to see your picture of the Halloween spider. I have this very spider in my doorway at home. It came at the right time of year for the colorful coat he or she wears. It reminded me of a pumpkin. I have never, ever seen a spider like this. I live in Missouri, USA. I don’t think they are even suppose to be this far south. When I did a search on spiders, it was not included in our local spiders. Thanks for the blog.
Elizabeth Melton Parsons said,
October 31, 2009 at 12:53 am
Hi, Jamie, these orange orb weavers are truly spectacular aren’t they? We had several living around the house this summer. My son spotted this one by the door when he came home from school. It was the brightest orange color…much brighter than the photo. Happy Halloween!
Charles King said,
November 8, 2009 at 1:18 am
Hi Jamie, I think I ran across one of these Orange Orbs. It was on the bottom of a lantern on our deck at our summer place out by Dixon, IL. I took some close-up pictures. It is absolutely beautiful.