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Cucumber Spider Araniella cucurbitina / Araniella opisthographa

There are some six species of Araniella or Cucumber Spiders in central Europe. They are not difficult to identify as a group: a red thorax combined with a yellowish green abdomen. It is much more difficult to tell the Araniella species apart among themselves, though. The spider in the pictures is one of a duo: Araniella cucurbitina or Araniella opisthographa. Telling the two apart from pictures is impossible.