Araniella cucurbitina

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Cucumber green orb spider

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Gewone komkommerspin
Belgium, Diepenbeek 04-06-2013
© Johan Verstraeten
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Carl Alexander Clerck –
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Body length : Female : 5-8mm.  Male : 4-5mm.

This species is difficult to distinguish from Araneus opisthographa.

The male of A. cucurbitina has 3 ventral spines on femur 1, on the basal half and 1 distal.

A. opistographa has 6-7 spines, evenly spaced.

Further examination of the genitalia required to identify the female species.