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Orchard Spider - Plesiometa argyra - female
Copyright © 2006 Carla Finley

Orchard Spider - Plesiometa argyra - Female
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
February 21, 2006
Size: Maybe 1/2 inch
This is the top, bottom will be second pic. It kinda looks like the Orchard Spiders in the guide but there is no yellow that I can see and pattern is a little different.

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Orchard Spider - Plesiometa argyra - female Orchard Spider bottom view - Plesiometa argyra - female
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Contributed by Carla Finley on 22 February, 2006 - 7:23pm
Last updated 15 April, 2006 - 5:58am

This looks more like
Leucauge argyra to us which has the yellow and orange more subdued than L. venusta. Check it out here to see what you think. Jeff will probably be able to confirm an ID.
… john and jane balaban, 22 February, 2006 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Those are the photos I was using for ID because they were the closest in pattern but I was confused because they were still not the same.
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/CarlaFinley
… Carla Finley, 22 February, 2006 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
images to species.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 April, 2006 - 5:56am login or register to post comments

 
Wow! Why the new genus, Jeff
We should probably add something to the info pages describing the move to a new genus since L. argyra is still listed in the Leucauge page.
… john and jane balaban, 15 April, 2006 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
This
genus was named by F.O.P.C. in 1903. It is Greek in origin and means 'close to Meta'.
Synonymized under Leucauge 1980 as a result of being a single species that was very similar to Leucauge. Since then, undescribed Plesiometa species have been collected making Plesiometa a distinct genus.(1)

Removed from Leucauge page.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 April, 2006 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

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