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Spider 2 - Araneus pegnia
Copyright © 2009 Gacko

Spider 2 - Araneus pegnia
DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
June 3, 2009
Size: ~5 mm
I noticed this only because it was swinging on a line. I let it come back to rest on the Yaupon Holly and it landed near an orb web about 10cm across--but I don't have proof that the web belonged to this individual.

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Spider 2 - Araneus pegnia Spider 2 - Araneus pegnia
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Contributed by Gacko on 4 June, 2009 - 2:32pm
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 11:31pm

Moved
Moved from Araneus.
… Lynette Schimming, 4 October, 2009 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Entelegynes.
… Lynette Schimming, 11 June, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Schimming, 11 June, 2009 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Wonder if it might be related
to Araneus pegnia, see
… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
There were several
on that page and on the internet that had that distinctive "butterfly shape" on them. Most of them were white or grayish, but a few had reddish markings--at least on the rest of the back--so it's a possibility. Do we call it A. pegnina or wait?
… Gacko, 4 June, 2009 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

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