Identification
Generally dull brown, sometimes with white or yellow "shoulders" on the abdomen. An alternate color form, seen sometimes in males and sub-adult females, has a large yellow-green patch on top of the abdomen.
Range
Seems to be mostly a southern species, found mainly in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas along the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Remarks
These spiders spin their webs, which can be many feet wide, in the evening. At night they sit in the web. By day, they will usually hide in a rolled-up leaf somewhere near the edge of the web.
Print References
Florida's Fabulous Spiders
(1) p. 36
Internet References
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www.bio-nica.info - PDF article, The Ravilla Group of the Orbweaver Genus Eriophora in North America by Herbert W. Levi
