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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae)
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Copyright © 2012 Ilona L.

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Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
March 25, 2012

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 2 December, 2012 - 3:21pm
Last updated 13 December, 2012 - 9:11am

From Rod Crawford
Kyron has guessed the right subfamily and there's no possible way to go further.

Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 December, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Dwarf Spider (Erigoninae)
I think ... I haven't even begun to learn these yet. One of the others can hopefully narrow it down.

Edit: Or a Linyphiinae. Commented too quick and changed my mind. Is there any easy way to tell them apart when they look like this? Longer legs, fuller abdomen?
… Laura P., 2 December, 2012 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Linyphiinae
Rod told me that no dwarf spider has multiple spines on tibia IV, so this one would be in Linyphiinae. That's about all I know to go on in separating the subfamilies by appearance.
… Kyron Basu, 2 December, 2012 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
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That's helpful, thanks. :) I get overwhelmed when I look through these.
… Laura P., 2 December, 2012 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
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You're welcome! :) Likewise, there are so many of them that look alike.
… Kyron Basu, 2 December, 2012 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

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