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Spider - Micrathena gracilis - male
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Spider - Micrathena gracilis - Male
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2007
Sitting in web which was a well organized orb. I can't find anything close from scanning at genus level.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 15 July, 2007 - 1:18pm
Last updated 28 July, 2009 - 9:36pm

Moved
Moved from Micrathena.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2009 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Very
nice. It looks to me like a subadult male Micrathena, either spined or white. I bet it was small. Any idea of size?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 July, 2007 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Small enough
that my autofocus wouldn't work. I had to focus on the leaf and hope the spider was in the same plane. I haven't created a system for field notes yet so didn't document anything directly.

My woods are loaded with Micrathena now so that fits.
… Steve Scott, 16 July, 2007 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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