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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Leucauge » Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta)
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Orchard Orbweaver? Don't quite match? - Leucauge venusta
Copyright © 2006 Randy Emmitt

Orchard Orbweaver? Don't quite match? - Leucauge venusta
My yard, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 17, 2006
Size: 1/4 inch
Seems too slightly marked to be either Leucauge venusta or Plesiometa argyra. Any suggestions?
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Contributed by Randy Emmitt on 17 September, 2006 - 7:09pm
Last updated 24 September, 2006 - 11:05am

Leucauge argyra
Looks like this to me check this out. I am no spider expert but it looks like another species in this genus. Also see the comments on Info in the genus.
… James Shelton, 28 May, 2011 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
No, we would say this is correct as venusta
argyra has a different dorsal pattern. See

The dark lines are straight in venusta while they jog inward in argyra
… john and jane balaban, 28 May, 2011 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

Please,
According to the instructions: "For consistency, please do not include any borders or other decorations around your image."
You probably can correct that here and don't put frames in the future, please.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 September, 2006 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
image borders
Beatriz,

FYI those borders are my copyright and no images go any where on the net without them. All the images I have produced in the past 4 years have those drop shadowed boarders with my copyright.

So then your telling me not to post images to bugguide?

Randy Emmitt
… Randy Emmitt, 24 September, 2006 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

 
A simple reminder
I don't make the decisions around here; I was just reminding you of the instructions. Some people stopped placing borders when they were made aware of this. You do whatever you want.
Very nice images and valuable contributions, BTW.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 September, 2006 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

We would say
certainly within the variablity of Leucauge venusta. Nothing much else like it!
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2006 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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