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tiny spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Copyright © 2007 Leslie Durham

tiny spider - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Dixon, Phelps County, Missouri, USA
September 23, 2007
This was a very small spider that took (what I considered) a very cute defensive posture. This was the only image that was not blurry. I don't know if it's good enough to ID or not.
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Contributed by Leslie Durham on 27 September, 2007 - 3:59am
Last updated 27 October, 2007 - 11:11am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 27 October, 2007 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

May be
Achaearanea tepidariorum - Common house spider in the guide here, but at least one of the Cobweb spiders in the Theridiidae.
… john and jane balaban, 27 September, 2007 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
We were cleaning out an old shed that day and I was having a wonderful time stopping a photographing all the different spiders! I saw a lot of what I thought were common house spiders, but I guess I never saw one out of the web. It looked different to me.
… Leslie Durham, 27 September, 2007 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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