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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Micrathena » Arrowshaped Micrathena (Micrathena sagittata)
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Micrathena - Micrathena sagittata - male
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Micrathena - Micrathena sagittata - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 20, 2005
Sure looks like the underside of the arrow-shaped micrathena, but no arrows? Perhaps it's a juvenile?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 June, 2005 - 2:53pm
Last updated 31 May, 2008 - 9:35am

Males are much more rounded
on the edges as in your image here, Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 186
… john and jane balaban, 28 December, 2005 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

I agree
It must be that species, and I found a similar looking one recently. I assumed mine was a juvenile mostly because it was smaller. With this one, I think I see palps that would indicate a male. I'm not sure I've ever seen a male (or that this is one). I'll try to check some references from home at some point and report back.
… Troy Bartlett, 22 June, 2005 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

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