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Cobweb Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
Copyright © 2008 Kevin Hall

Cobweb Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
June 20, 2008
Cobweb spider?
Are the palps big enough to call it a male?
The third image shows the eye pattern a little better... six eyes?

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 21 June, 2008 - 8:35am
Last updated 21 June, 2008 - 11:07am

Palps certainly look like immature male
but spider seems large for a male. We're guessing there are really two eyes on the outside dark marks, giving a total of eight. Here's what Lynette shows for Theridiidae,
. We would suggest Enoplognatha here for this one. Lovely images.
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2008 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
This ID
is correct and confirmed by Rod Crawford.
… Lynette Schimming, 6 September, 2008 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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