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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Trashline Orbweavers (Cyclosa) » Cyclosa caroli
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Unknown spider 1 - 5-11-09 - Cyclosa caroli
Copyright © 2009 Lee Ruth

Unknown spider 1 - 5-11-09 - Cyclosa caroli
Cass County, Texas, USA
May 11, 2009
Size: 1/4"
I have never seen a spider with this shaped abdomen.

Lee

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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 11 May, 2009 - 7:38pm
Last updated 11 April, 2010 - 1:53pm

Moved
Moved from Trashline Orbweavers.
… john and jane balaban, 11 April, 2010 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 June, 2009 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

What a beautiful spider!
Looks like a piece of jewelry! Great find.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 11 May, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

There are some orb weavers such as Cyclosa
and some cobweb weavers like Argyrodes that are somewhat similar. We'll keep looking to see if we can find something more like yours.
… john and jane balaban, 11 May, 2009 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for your input. It does appear to be a Cyclosa of some sort. I will now keep my eyes open for the webs and maybe get lucky enough to find another.

Lee
… Lee Ruth, 28 May, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool spider
I tried looking some spiders up off the list below. I'm leaning toward cyclosa just based on the short legs, but I haven't been able to find a match yet either.

Spiders of Texas.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 May, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

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