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Spider - Theridion - male
Copyright © 2009 G Whiz

Spider - Theridion - Male
Alameda County, California, USA
October 1, 2009
Size: ~1/8 in. (3 mm)
On blackberry.

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Contributed by G Whiz on 1 October, 2009 - 9:47pm
Last updated 3 October, 2009 - 9:36am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Schimming, 3 October, 2009 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

Enoplognatha?
It's a beauty, whatever it is.
… Lynette Schimming, 1 October, 2009 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Enoplognatha?
I don't know. Previous Eno's in the yard haven't had spherical abdomens. And the dots don't form the pattern in other E. ovata photos.
… G Whiz, 2 October, 2009 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, I'm wondering, too. My
Yeah, I'm wondering, too. My first impression was "Theridiidae"...

Something else to work on over the weekend... :-/ :-)

[Hmmm, although it looks subadult, after all.]

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 October, 2009 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

 
Theridion?
Kevin's right. I should have looked at the eye arrangement shot. This is certainly a cobweb spider, and perhaps a Theridion.
… Lynette Schimming, 2 October, 2009 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
Similar photo
This photo of T. frondeum is the closest I found in the T. images pages.

If the current specimen is subadult, I should uncheck the "Adult" box. I thought, as the rest of the spider was so pale, those whitish palps would be all you get.
… G Whiz, 2 October, 2009 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
That's sometimes true of the
That's sometimes true of the Thomisidae -- from the front you almost can't tell with the pale species. But here they are too small and too pale -- there are no sclerotized ("hardened") parts to be seen.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 October, 2009 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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