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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira
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Part Orb Web, Part Cob Web - Metepeira
Copyright © 2016 Victor Engel

Part Orb Web, Part Cob Web - Metepeira
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
November 14, 2016
Close-up view of the lines connecting the shelter of the cobweb to the center of the orb.

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Contributed by Victor Engel on 14 November, 2016 - 8:33pm
Last updated 2 February, 2024 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Metepeira foxi.
… Victor Engel, 19 April, 2020 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metepeira.
… Victor Engel, 18 April, 2020 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Victor Engel, 14 November, 2016 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

Yes this is exactly the kind of web Metepeira makes
part Labyrinth and part Orb. Sorry, we can't see the spider well enough to confirm ID from the pattern :(
Here's our web image
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2016 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Additional comments on first
Additional comments on first picture.
… Victor Engel, 11 November, 2019 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
I will take more pictures tom
I will take more pictures tomorrow, if I can. I took these in a hurry.
… Victor Engel, 14 November, 2016 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

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