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Nordmann’s Orbweaver

Araneus nordmanni

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    1 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, Araneus nordmanni, female on a web, dorsal view. The same individual is shown in all slides.

    08/15/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    2 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver female and most of her web, ventral side.

    08/15/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    3 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver female, ventral side.

    08/15/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    4 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female on a web, dorsal view.

    08/15/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    5 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female on a web, dorsal view.

    08/23/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    6 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female on a web, side view.

    08/15/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    7 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, prey on web.

    08/16/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    8 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female on a sword fern leaf, side view.

    08/16/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    9 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, in a bower made from a folded leaf of Red Elderberry [i]Sambucus racemosa pubens arborescens[/i]

    08/20/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    10 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, in a bower made from a folded leaf of Red Elderberry. She keps in touch with her web with one leg.

    08/20/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    11 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, in a bower made from a folded leaf of Red Elderberry. She keeps in touch with her web with one leg. This photo was taken two weeks after slide 10.

    09/03/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    12 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female cephalothorax and eyes, dorsal view. Photo taken with camera on dissecting microscope. The spider was alive. We returned her to her web area.

    08/16/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

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    13 - Nordmann’s Orbweaver, female epigyne, the external genital structure of female spiders, ventral view. Photo taken with camera on dissecting microscope. The spider was alive. We returned her to her web area.

    08/16/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

Nordmann’s Orbweaver, Araneus nordmanni, occurs in North America, Europe, Northern and Southern Asia (excluding China).

Like other orbweavers, it builds large, flat webs in vegetation. In the photos shown here, the female’s web is in a heavy growth of sword fern, Polystichum sp. All photos are of a single individual.