Species Neriene radiata - Filmy Dome Spider

Classification · Size · Identification · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also

Spider 2 june 2008 - Neriene radiata - female

3-dimensional orb-shaped web - Neriene radiata

Linyphiid with woolly aphid - Neriene radiata

Filmy Dome - Neriene radiata - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)

Genus Neriene

Species radiata (Filmy Dome Spider)

Size

Female 4 to 6.5 mm, male 3.4 to 5.3 mm (Kaston, 1978).

Identification

Images that best match the photos in Spiders of the Eastern United States.

MALE

FEMALES:

Life Cycle

Remarks

Neriene vs Frontinella

....the shape of the abdomen to not be a good characteristic, as that can change so much based on how well the spider has fed and whether it is gravid or not. The main thing he was looking at was the maculations [markings] on the abdomen. … Terry Thormin, 1 October, 2005 - 6:51pm

See Also

Frontinella communis.

Contributed by Christopher Hunt on 30 September, 2005 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, jsloan
Last updated 19 April, 2011 - 11:31am

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