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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae) » Holocnemus » Marbled Cellar Spider (Holocnemus pluchei)
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marbled orb weaver - Holocnemus pluchei
Copyright © 2017 Hema Shah

marbled orb weaver - Holocnemus pluchei
Concord, Contra Costa County, California, USA
April 3, 2017
I saw this orb weaver protecting it's prey.Once it saw me,it scuttled back into the bushes.Does the prey look like a stink bug?

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Contributed by Hema Shah on 30 August, 2017 - 12:59am
Last updated 1 February, 2019 - 5:46pm

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… Laura P., 1 February, 2019 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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Hi Hema,
I believe this is actually a cellar spider. The legs are very long, and the body is elongated, like the common cellar spiders. I've seen them in my garden, as well. As for the prey, it is just too wrapped up in web to tell what it is. It would have had to have flown into the web, or somehow managed to crawl onto the non-sticky portions. It could be a lot of things!
Have a good day,
… Andrew Caudillo, 30 August, 2017 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

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