Genus Aculepeira
This good-sized female orb weaver was hanging upside-down in a web about a foot off the
ground in some wild flowers in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. I was unable
to get a shot of the top of the spider so I submitted the photo to Bugguide so see if someone could
identify it by just the interesting belly markings and, sure enough, someone did. You can see
some other photos I took of Aculepeira species here and here. © Carol Davis 7-19-2016
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