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Subfamily Linyphiinae - Sheetweb Spiders

Classification · Size · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
spider - Drapetisca alteranda Hammock Spider - Pityohyphantes costatus Pityohyphantes phrygianus - male Sheetweb Spider & Web,Bowl & Doily Spider,Species: - male Sheetweb Spider - female Sheetewb Spider Spider Ant-mimic spider - Microlinyphia - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
Size
mostly between 3 and 10 mm.
Identification
Mostly larger than Dwarf Spiders and usually have a pattern on the abdomen. The abdomen is usually longer than wide. (1)
Remarks
The shape of the web can help to identify the species of sheetweb spider. Webs can be flat, domed, ore bowl shaped.
Works Cited
1.Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 31 January, 2006 - 9:01am

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