Northern California Spider - Larinioides patagiatus -  Sundial Bridge, Turtle Bay, Redding, Trinity County, California, USA August 28, 2008 Size: About 2 inches w/legs
I was out under the Sundial bridge at about 2 PM and these spiders were running around frantically on the ground, walls, and underside of the bridge. All the specimens I saw up close were males (going by the smaller abdomens and large pedipalps), with the females (with much thicker abdomens) staying pretty much stationary on the underside of the bridge. I tried, but they were too high up to take photos of. I did see some orb-like webs on the bridge, but no hard evidence to say these were the spiders that made them.
I got as far as Entelegynes (I think) for this species, but I'm very new to the process.
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Contributed by C Martin on 8 September, 2008 - 10:51pm Last updated 2 October, 2008 - 4:43pm |