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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Unidentified Spider Egg Sacs, Webs, Retreats, and Droppings
Photo#591127
upright mesh web
Copyright © 2011 ophis

upright mesh web
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
October 22, 2011
Size: a few centimeters high
Built across small cavity in rotting stump near to ground in moist woods. Perhaps Dictynidae, mesh web weavers
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Contributed by ophis on 29 October, 2011 - 8:27pm
Last updated 7 February, 2019 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 7 February, 2019 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Entelegynes .
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 July, 2018 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 December, 2011 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

cool shot
I'm not sure what it is though.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 October, 2011 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
re: cool shot
check out the last photo on this page:
… ophis, 31 October, 2011 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
No, I'm not convinced
I just don't know enough about webs to rule out all the possibilities. This is a known Dictynidae


I'm not even sure how much the webs can vary in that family. I say keep an eye out for the spider and let us know what you find. =]
… Lynette Elliott, 31 October, 2011 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
nice look
this also has characteristic void with curved edge, a feature emphasized in illustration on p. 110 of Levi, Spiders and Their Kin (2002)
surprising how few web photos there are on web
… ophis, 31 October, 2011 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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