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Metepeira spinipes? - Metepeira
Copyright © 2011 Debbi Brusco

Metepeira spinipes? - Metepeira
Salinas River NWR, Monterey County, California, USA
November 8, 2011
There were many colonies stretched between coyote brush. This spider was out working on the tangle portion of the web. I couldn't get a dorsal shot.

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Contributed by Debbi Brusco on 12 November, 2011 - 3:29pm
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 2:55pm

Moved
Moved from Metepeira.
… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2013 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

No dorsal!
Interesting find. I think your county is supposed to have Metepeira crassipes, M. grandiosa, M. spinipes & M. ventura. Your spider looks pretty dark to me, which certainly might be what M. crassipes might look like, but the legs don't really look the same as the images we have in the guide. M. grandiosa is out (no sternal mark). M. spinipes is described as having legs yellowish, femora reddish brown distally, etc. It also says the the sternal white marks is usually posterior, but sometimes is extended & broken. I don't see the red on the femurs? I don't think the ventral white marks match M. ventura. either.

I guess it's just too tough to tell without both the dorsal & vental?
… Lynette Elliott, 13 November, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

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