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Spider Eating Webspinner
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Spider Eating Webspinner
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 3, 2005
Size: 1/4 inch (body length)
This spider apparently has the wall under the porchlight staked out at night, and attacks insects attracted to the light(there's no web apparent nearby). I used a portable fluorescent light to illuminate the scene.
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 6 September, 2005 - 3:21am
Last updated 15 January, 2007 - 1:03pm

It looks like yet another cribellate spider to me.
I bet if you touched the wall where you saw the spider, part of the web would stick to your finger. (that is if the web is not dusty)
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 October, 2005 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Can't tell.
The image is too dark to make out relevant details to help ID the spider. Neat image of behavior nonetheless.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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