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Pairof spiders to ID - Enoplognatha ovata

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
June 13, 2005

Found these two spiders when I pulled out plant in the garden. Looks like a male and female. There was a lot of web between them so it wasn't possible to get them both in focus as one was walking above the other.

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Pairof spiders to ID - Enoplognatha ovata

Pairof spiders to ID - Enoplognatha ovata

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Contributed by Kildale on 15 June, 2005 - 5:53pm
Last updated 26 August, 2009 - 9:16am

Enoplognatha latimana ?

I wonder if these could be Enoplognatha latimana. I should ask Rod Crawford about this one.

… Lynette Elliott, 1 July, 2010 - 9:13am

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Moved

Moved from Enoplognatha ovata lineata.

… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 9:16am

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Moved

Moved from Enoplognatha ovata.

… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 8:02am

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Focuswise, looks pretty good to me

I agree, looks like male and female. These remind me of spiders in the genus Theridion.

… Troy Bartlett, 15 June, 2005 - 6:01pm

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Cobweb weavers.

Well, they 'might' be:-) I remember something very similar when I lived up there that I ID'd as Enoplognatha ovata, also a theridiid. They could also be sheetweb weavers in the Linyphiidae. I am not sure how to tell them apart without the web as a reference! Enoplognatha typically constructs its web on live plants, rolling a leaf as a retreat.

… Eric R. Eaton, 15 June, 2005 - 6:59pm

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Spider

Thank you for the info. I have heard from a spider expert that they belong to Linyphiidae,but thats as far as he could go. With this and the extra photo can you add anything. Thank you for your comments so far.

… Kildale, 16 June, 2005 - 11:30am

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Theridiidae

I don't think these are sheet web weavers

… Tom Adams, 19 June, 2005 - 6:57pm

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