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Please Identify This Spider Hanging From Carport - Metepeira
Copyright © 2005 DWBerend

Please Identify This Spider Hanging From Carport - Metepeira
Southwest Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 2, 2005
Size: APPX. 1/2" to 3/4" long.
This spider has been living on my carport for a short while. Seems to be nocturnal, as I've only seen it at night. There is a small tube web that she runs into now and then. I'm sure somebody knows what this is, after two hours of looking at photos of vaguely similar creatures, I'm stumped.
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Contributed by DWBerend on 3 April, 2005 - 11:33pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from Metepeira.
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2009 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Neoscona
Perhaps an immature Neoscona sp. The longitudinal groove on the carapace just ahead of the abdomen also indicates this genus I believe. The pattern is also consistent with this genus, but there are many variations and I can't nail down a specific sp.
… volcano, 4 April, 2005 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Neoscona
Thanks for your input, I thought that also however the web is definetely not of the orb variety. The consruction is very unorganized, with a tube in the middle. Sitting in the web the spider, from across the carport, looked much like a cream colored Latrodectus. Growing up in AZ I've seen plenty of Widows, but never one like this.
… DWBerend, 4 April, 2005 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

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