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Mystery orb weaver - Mangora
Copyright © 2006 Dorothy E. Pugh

Mystery orb weaver - Mangora
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2006
Size: half inch long
This is a very common species of spider found mainly in heavily wooded areas where I live.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 9 September, 2006 - 8:31pm
Last updated 30 September, 2006 - 8:09pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 September, 2006 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
It's wonderful to know the ID of a spider I see all the time but just couldn't pin down. They always turn their ventral side upwards -- and usually toward the trail I see them from!
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 30 September, 2006 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Sorry we can't be of much help -
We just don't know them well from the ventral side. The small size and spiny green legs make us think Mangora. You might check there if you have a sense of what the dorsal surface looks like.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2006 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

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