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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Enoplognatha

Genus Enoplognatha

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A second yellow spider to ID if possible. - Enoplognatha ovata Spider - Enoplognatha ovata - male Ovata eating Harvestman - Enoplognatha ovata spider - Enoplognatha marmorata - male enoplognatha - Enoplognatha ovata - female Dorsal-lateral view - Enoplognatha ovata - male Yellow Spider with Egg Sac - Enoplognatha - female Guarding eggs - Enoplognatha ovata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Enoplognatha
Numbers
9 species in our region.
Size
Females: 3.0-9.0 mm; Males: 2.8-6.5 mm. (1)
See Also
Theridion - Enoplognatha has the four bottom eyes almost straight across. This leaves very little space between the top row of eyes and the bottom row of eyes. Genus Theridion has a slight downward curve to the bottom row of eyes which leave more of a gap between the top and bottom rows. See them below:

Theridion           Enoplognatha
Print References
The Spider Genera Enoplognatha, Theridion and Paidisca in America North of Mexico, Levi revision in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1957) - link to large pdf file which may require a long download time.
Works Cited
1.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
By D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 31 July, 2005 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, kschnei
Last updated 26 July, 2009 - 12:03pm

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