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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Cave Orb Weavers (Meta) » Meta ovalis
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Cave orb weaver - Meta ovalis
Copyright © 2008 Larry Zirkelbach

Cave orb weaver - Meta ovalis
Maquoketa Caves State Park, Jackson County, Iowa, USA
November 18, 2008
Found in "Dancehall Cave", a large cave in Maquoketa Caves State Park in eastern Iowa. The moth is the Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix, which overwinters as adult in caves), but the spider is unidentified - any ideas?
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Contributed by John Pearson on 23 November, 2008 - 11:51am
Last updated 11 March, 2009 - 6:36pm

Moved
Returned to Meta ovalis.
… John Pearson, 24 November, 2008 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Inadvertently moved from Meta ovalis.
… John Pearson, 24 November, 2008 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

Not an ID but
at least look in Meta (Cave Orb Weavers)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/46599/bgimage
… John R. Maxwell, 23 November, 2008 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
an adult Meta ovalis.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 23 November, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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