Argyrodes nephilae - Argyrodes

The text we were using was written in 1962

so the problem is we're not too sure how much the ranges have changed in the meanwhile. We stare at the drawings and read through the text, but just can't seem to tweeze out the differences between these. This doesn't have the black center line and cross that we associate with elevatus, but...

If you go to the info page for the genus and scroll down to the bottom, you will see a link to the paper. You can see if you can figure out what he is saying in the descriptions.

… john and jane balaban, 11 September, 2018 - 4:47pm

Camera angle?

I suspect it is just camera angle. See this photo from the same web (at this point I have no idea whether this is the same individual as any others posted here from this session, but it's definitely from the same group and taken at the same time. https://victorspictures.com/p331569948

… Victor Engel, 11 September, 2018 - 5:12pm

More images

I added two other images even though they are separate individuals - in order to provide a better camera angle to an individual that's probably the same species. I'm making an assumption here that there were not two or more species of Argyrodes in the same web at the same time. I don't know if that's a good assumption.

… Victor Engel, 11 September, 2018 - 5:17pm

Reprocessed images.

… Victor Engel, 11 September, 2018 - 10:56am

Moved

Moved from Argyrodes nephilae.

… Lynette Elliott, 4 January, 2012 - 9:37am

In Texas, wouldn't this be

either A. pluto or A. elevatus?

… john and jane balaban, 2 January, 2012 - 12:27pm

These don't look at all like

These don't look at all like the images in this guide for A. pluto. Can I assume then that they are A. elevatus?

… Victor Engel, 11 September, 2018 - 10:58am

Moved

Moved from Dewdrop Spiders.

… Victor Engel, 12 August, 2011 - 5:36pm

Beetle

Any guess as to what beetle that is?

… Victor Engel, 1 August, 2010 - 11:58am

I think the beetle is a Xylob

I think the beetle is a Xylobiops.

… Victor Engel, 15 August, 2011 - 2:58pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Lynette Elliott, 31 July, 2010 - 11:04am

Not an Argiope. This is a s

Not an Argiope.
This is a spider in the genus Argyrodes (Dewdrop spiders), these guys like to live in others spiders' webs, taking captured insects when they can.
Here's some info: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1984

… CandiceTalbot, 31 July, 2010 - 3:33am

oh, and species is Argyrodes

oh, and species is Argyrodes nephilae

… CandiceTalbot, 31 July, 2010 - 3:36am