Orb Weaver - Aculepeira packardi

Moved to A. packardi

Moved from Aculepeira. From what I found it doesn't look anything like A. aculifera, so this is a safe bet.

… Lynette Elliott, 28 July, 2012 - 12:48pm

A. packardi

Thanks, guys!

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 5:17pm

Moved to Aculepeira

Moved from ID Request. With the ventral view present (nice job) there is no doubt it's Aculepeira. All three described species occur in CO, so I'd like to review them before guessing further.

… Lynette Elliott, 28 July, 2012 - 12:44pm

Ventral

Thanks Lynette. I have the spider to compare in case the pictures didn't show enough. It sure eats a lot! I'll let it go really soon, just wanted a positive I.D. By the way, can anyone tell if it is a male or a female? How would I tell? If you need another pic, I'd need to know what part to take a picture of.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 5:22pm

Female

it's a female, probably mature, though the scape isn't clear enough to be certain. On the spider info page here it explains how to sex the spiders.

… Lynette Elliott, 28 July, 2012 - 5:40pm

Yes

I can see the epigynum. I didn't now what it was. I had already noticed that the pedipalps are slender.
I'll let her go. She might want to mate if there's still time. I bet she'll attract a mate.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 6:08pm

Might be -

a Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis), although I'm not sure... For multiple images of the same bug or spider, please LINK them together - here are the instructions from our Help page:

"How can I submit multiple images of the same specimen?

Submit the first one just like any other image. Then view that image and you'll see an "add image" link. Click that and you'll see an image submission form prefilled with the information from your first image. That's just for convenience and you are free to change those details, if appropriate. Images submitted in this way are linked and viewing any one of them will include thumbnails for all of them".

I'll link these for you this time...

… Ken Schneider, 27 July, 2012 - 6:16pm

Aculepeira?

Could it be Aculepeira? I just looked at an article of some ventral images that I found here and it appears to have that bright straight line like Aculepeira or Metapeira seem to have. It does not have four spots or two "L" shapes. I am sure of that, in case it is not clear from the pics.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 2:29am

Could be -

Lynette and J&J Balaban are particularly good at recognizing these sorts of spiders from images - they may be able to tell you more about the ID.

… Ken Schneider, 28 July, 2012 - 10:11am

Thanks

I didn't know that's how you did that.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 2:06am

If it helps

The spider was found at 8,500 feet altitude.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 2:20am

Any location info. can help -

please put as much as you can in those sections of the image submission form - I've added this info. for you.

… Ken Schneider, 28 July, 2012 - 10:12am

Thanks

I'm pretty new around here.

… Abigail Adams, 28 July, 2012 - 5:15pm