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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ray Spiders (Theridiosomatidae) » Theridiosoma » Theridiosoma gemmosum
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tiny spider - Theridiosoma gemmosum
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

tiny spider - Theridiosoma gemmosum
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 16, 2010
Size: 1mm
Found under a piece of bark. Looks a lot like this other one I found recently.
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Contributed by tom murray on 16 March, 2010 - 8:57pm
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 10:42am

Moved to Theridiosoma gemmosum
Moved from Mysmenidae. See comments here
… Lynette Elliott, 26 August, 2012 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Spiderlings.
Lynette, thanks for the confirmation.
… tom murray, 5 December, 2011 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 March, 2011 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Is this another Mysmenidae?
… tom murray, 5 December, 2011 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Mysmenidae juvenile
I think you might be right about that.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 December, 2011 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

From Rod Crawford:
Spiderling, either orbweaver or theridiid. If the 4th tarsi had been in focus we could confirm if theridiid.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 March, 2011 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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