Larinia Directia Orb Weaver

Types of Spiders Orb Weavers: Araneidae Genus Araneus Genus Argiope (Writing Spiders) Cyrtophora (Tropical tent-web Spider) Genus Eriophora (Tropical Orbweaver) Genus Gasteracantha (Spinybacked Orbweaver) Genus Neoscona (Spotted Orbweaver) More Types of Spiders

Larinia is a small genus of orb weavers in the United States characterized by stripes on the body.

The top picture shows a larinia with large dark spots next to the stripes.

Some Larinia directa have small black spots next to the stripes, so regional differences could account for the larger spots on this specimen.

The identification is tentative.

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