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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Phonognathidae » Zygiella » Zygiella x-notata
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Spider - Zygiella x-notata
Copyright © 2007 Mike L

Spider - Zygiella x-notata
Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA
February 3, 2007
Size: Unsure. 7mm w/o legs?
Found on an outside deck. The object visible above the spider is the railing.
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Contributed by Mike L on 22 April, 2007 - 5:54am
Last updated 10 November, 2012 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from Zygiella. Based on known range this spider should either be P. dispar or Z. x-notata. I've ruled out P. dispar since Rod Crawford has told us that it is found in natural forest.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 November, 2012 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 22 May, 2007 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

Zygiella x-notata?
I believe this is an orb weaver in the genus Zygiella. Easy enough to tell. If the web was missing a triangular sector, then that is what this spider is. They frequently build webs near water.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 April, 2007 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Check on the size given
something is wrong.
… john and jane balaban, 22 April, 2007 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Ignore the size
I'm unsure about the size- it was a straight guess since I took the picture a few months ago and there isn't a proper sense of scale from the picture. I tried to give an approximate size, since it's perhaps slightly more helpful than "small".
… Mike L, 22 April, 2007 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, our point was that 70mm
is close to three inches without the legs! That would be some spider! She is a beauty though. We hope someone recognizes what it is!
… john and jane balaban, 22 April, 2007 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh. Oops. You're quite right.
Oh. Oops. You're quite right. Perhaps I shouldn't have put it up at 4:30 in the morning. I meant 7mm, of course. Thanks for the correction :)
… Mike L, 23 April, 2007 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

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