Spiders by Picture
Spider Taxonomy
Leucauge venusta - Spiders.us
The orchard spider is the orb-weaving spider I see the most in the late spring. I took this picture of a female and male in a web on April 27, 2014, seeing the bottoms of the spiders. The female is the larger one, as is typical with spiders.
Here's a good side view:
Another orchard spider seen from the side on May 2, 2014.
Here's a closer view of the female underside from May 23, 2014.
