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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Asagena » Asagena fulva
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small desert spider - Asagena fulva - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

small desert spider - Asagena fulva - Female
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
March 31, 2009
Size: around 5 mm
I was following this beetle when it happened upon this spider's web. I had to make a choice between the beetle or the spider and I chose the beetle, so I didn't get any better shots after pulling the beetle out of the web. I think I photographed the male the next day, and will be posting that later.

Male here:
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 3 April, 2009 - 9:41am
Last updated 9 August, 2010 - 5:21pm

Moved
Moved from Steatoda.
… R.J. Adams, 9 August, 2010 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Rescued beetle
Is this the tenebrionid from your post here?
… Harsi S. Parker, 4 April, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
it is the Edrotes rotundus.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 April, 2009 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

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