# Help me ID this spider.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978 "2016-10-08T20:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978/1 "2016-10-08T20:52:11Z")

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[This](http://s211.photobucket.com/user/pkbites/media/thumbnail_Resized952016100895154002.jpg.html) bad boy has a web on my porch rail. Any clue as to what it is?

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978/2 "2016-10-08T21:04:33Z")

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Orb Weaver?

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978/3 "2016-10-08T21:13:41Z")

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Labrinthine orb weaver?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978/4 "2016-10-08T21:31:12Z")

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Definitely an orb weaver. With the pale dots in cross shapes on the back, I am wondering whether it might be a Cross Orb Weaver.

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**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-spider/767978/5 "2016-10-09T08:06:26Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> Definitely an orb weaver. With the pale dots in cross shapes on the back, I am wondering whether it might be a Cross Orb Weaver.

Looks like it. I had one move into my kitchen window frame a few years ago. [Window Spider](https://www.dropbox.com/s/gekof5t5bp8u6p1/window%20spider.JPG?dl=0).