Brown Marbled Spider

Abdomen with light brown grey colour and a clear white marbled drawing.

Brown marbled spider.

The marbled orb weaver belonging to the class arachnida is one of the good looking spiders. Spider with elongated abdomen and long thin legs. Bockhahn 2012 funnel web spider. Marbled orb weavers prefer wooded areas near water sources like creeks stream rivers ponds and marshes.

Araneus marmoreus commonly called the marbled orb weaver is a species of spider belonging to the family araneidae it is sometimes also called the pumpkin spider from the resemblance of the female s inflated abdomen to an orange pumpkin. An examination of the 39 year round resident spiders suggests that many of them fit into the traditional common house and garden spiders category such as orb weavers crab spiders jumping spiders cobweb spiders and lynx spiders. The family is cosmopolitan including many well known large. Can be confused with the long bodied cellar spider.

However the marbled cellar spider has a clear black band on the underside of the abdomen. It s a great name for a rather large and brightly colored spider. Their abdomen has several marble like patterns which are the reason behind the name. White sac spider elaver excepta brown recluse loxosceles reclusa parson spider.

Like other orb weavers this spider creates a new circular web daily. The top picture shows a western lynx spider one of the mailbox species. Orb can in english mean circular hence the english name of the group. Wolf spiders range in size from tiny the size of a pencil eraser to about the size of a u s.

Araneids have eight similar eyes hairy or spiny legs and no stridulating organs. It s quite a common spider ranging all across north america from northern canada down to texas and coast to coast. Some individuals may have an orange and yellow abdomen while others have black and yellow black and orange or black and white. Marbled orb weaver photo.

Lisa brown flicker sharing. Orb weaver spiders are members of the spider family araneidae they are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel shaped webs often found in gardens fields and forest. There are many species of wolf spiders in kentucky but most are dark or light brown usually with contrasting spots or stripes. It has a holarctic distribution.

Marbled orbweaver araneus marmoreus black yellow argiope argiope aurantia. Araneus marmoreus is found throughout all of canada to alaska the northern rockies from north dakota to texas and then. Most marbled orb weavers hide in rolled up leaves until an unsuspecting prey gets captured in their webs. Wolf spiders are fast moving and they are typically seen running on the ground.

Common spiders of north carolina web builders b. Physical description and identification adults. Silver dollar with legs outstretched color. Females are 0 35 0 8 in 9 20 mm while males are around 0 19 0 35 in 5 9 mm.

The abdomen als has much more explicit drawing.