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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae)
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Cobweb sp. - female
Copyright © 2016 Joshua Coogler

Cobweb sp. - Female
Gatlinburf, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 20, 2015
I found this spider a while back and it was ID'd to this genus as it used lot's of debris in the web to hide and cover it's egg sacks with.
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Contributed by Joshua Coogler on 16 May, 2016 - 9:29pm
Last updated 18 May, 2016 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Tidarren.
… Joshua Coogler, 18 May, 2016 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

I don't know ...
about the behavior, but the back end of this spider looks like P. tepidariorum. :/
… Laura P., 18 May, 2016 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Everything...
...I have read says that P. tepidariorum does not used any debris in their web as retreats or places for their eggs, other than that they are pretty similar looking.
… Joshua Coogler, 18 May, 2016 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
The egg sac ...
looks like P. tepidariorum too ... a papery teardrop. The egg sacs I'm seeing for Tidarren have more of a round and softer appearance.
… Laura P., 18 May, 2016 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Well...
..I guess the use of the retreat may not have been 100% true, thanks for the info Laura! I think this should just be placed in Theridiidae. Thanks for the help!
… Joshua Coogler, 18 May, 2016 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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