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Webspinner-eating Spider, Revisited
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Webspinner-eating Spider, Revisited
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 5, 2005
Size: 1/4 inch body length
Eric Eaton was unable to identify this spider because of poor image quality, so I went back and took more pictures of the same individual. As before, this was photographed on a white stucco wall with illumination from a portable fluorescent light.

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 September, 2005 - 11:54pm
Last updated 15 January, 2007 - 2:10pm

Dictyna?
I am taking a relatively wild guess here:-) The spider reminds me of Dictyna, which are small, non-descript spiders that often spin a loose cobweb over the top of a single grass stem (grasshead?). So, the webs are compact. Not sure what web this one has.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 September, 2005 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Dictynia
The few pictures of Dictynias I've been able to find look fairly close. The description in the LA Museum of Natural History's Spider Survey article mentions that some Dictynias have been known to make irregular webs on windows that accumulate insect debris. I'm still looking for an image of D. calcarata, which is supposed to be the locally common species.
… Chuck Entz, 8 September, 2005 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

 
It is a cribellate spider.
So you are on the right track.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 October, 2005 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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