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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Eriophora » Eriophora ravilla
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Furry Spider - Eriophora ravilla
Copyright © 2017 Graham

Furry Spider - Eriophora ravilla
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
February 21, 2017
Size: ¾ inch
Caught it repairing its very wide web - maybe 20 foot span.

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Furry Spider - Eriophora ravilla Hairy Spider - Eriophora ravilla
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Contributed by Graham on 21 February, 2017 - 1:05pm
Last updated 23 February, 2017 - 8:07am

Because ...
there was a duplicate image included in your last submission I've cropped and linked the new image to this one.
… Laura P., 23 February, 2017 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 21 February, 2017 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

I think that's ...
a Tropical Orbweaver (Eriophora ravilla). I can sort of make out part of the ventral and the yellow on the legs is kind of distinctive.
… Laura P., 21 February, 2017 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Pretty hopeless from a lateral image,
but someone may just recognize it. Did you take a dorsal image that you can add?
… john and jane balaban, 21 February, 2017 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I hope to get a better photo
I hope to get a better photo tomorrow. May need to feed it.
… Graham, 21 February, 2017 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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