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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Enoplognatha » Enoplognatha ovata
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The woods was full of Enoplognatha - Enoplognatha ovata - female
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

The woods was full of Enoplognatha - Enoplognatha ovata - Female
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2006
Size: ~5mm
We find these beautiful spiders almost every time we hike this oak hickory woodland, hiding under leaves whick they pull together with their silk. They seem to come in a variety of colors, this one having pink stripes with large black spots.
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 July, 2006 - 3:04pm
Last updated 26 August, 2009 - 9:13am

Looks to be
the remains of an ant with a kleptoparasitic fly sneaking in for a meal.
… john and jane balaban, 28 October, 2021 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful spider !
What's up with the spider (remains) in the top left of the photo ?
A previous meal ?
… Emile, 28 October, 2021 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Enoplognatha ovata redimita.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Enoplognatha ovata.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

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