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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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Spotted spider in tree is? - Enoplognatha ovata
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Spotted spider in tree is? - Enoplognatha ovata
Fairfield/Central Maine, Somerset County, Maine, USA
June 23, 2013
Size: +/- 5 to 7mm body
Found this little (immature male?) living in a leaf den built in a tree's leaves...It was tough to get many different angles...

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Spotted spider in tree is? - Enoplognatha ovata Spotted spider in tree is? - Enoplognatha ovata
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Contributed by James Reben on 23 June, 2013 - 10:51am
Last updated 24 June, 2013 - 7:59am

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Yep ovata looks good, but I'm not sure it's a male.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 June, 2013 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

We would guess Enoplognatha, maybe ovata
Let's see what others think.
… john and jane balaban, 23 June, 2013 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
ovata
does look good here...
Thanks
… James Reben, 23 June, 2013 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

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