What kind of spider is this?

June 17, 2015 8:22 AM

North Carolina. Web maker. Green. picture here.
posted by zzazazz to Pets & Animals (6 answers total)

Orchard orbweaver?
posted by zennie at 8:30 AM on June 17, 2015 [1 favorite]

Orb weavers come in a huge variety of colors and shapes, but they all make webs like that. Maybe it's this kind of orb weaver?
posted by rtha at 8:34 AM on June 17, 2015

I think in OP's picture you're seeing the belly, so this may be a better picture to compare. I saw a reference that called the same species I linked "orchard spider" and wonder if it's not a "true" orbweaver.
posted by zennie at 8:54 AM on June 17, 2015

This orchard orbweaver looks very similar. Orb weavers definitely are common in North Carolina.
posted by rikschell at 10:14 AM on June 17, 2015

www.reddit.com/r/spiders and www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug (for more generic bugs) are great resources for questions like this.
posted by dws at 11:09 PM on June 17, 2015

It's Leucauge sp.
posted by dhruva at 7:17 AM on June 18, 2015