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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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Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 16, 2013

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Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Enoplognatha ovata Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Neospintharus trigonum Is this pink, white, and yellow Theridion? - Neospintharus trigonum
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Contributed by James Reben on 16 July, 2013 - 6:26pm
Last updated 31 July, 2013 - 8:16am

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Another vote for Enoplognatha ovata. Went ahead and moved her. The underside markings are pretty unique to a couple of the Enoplognatha (the other being E. latimana, which is nearly identical except that it doesn't come in a red form and usually has no (or very small) black spots).
… Mandy Howe, 31 July, 2013 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
FYI
That Neospintharus trigonum fed on the E. ovata for nearly 7 days!
… James Reben, 31 July, 2013 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
I bet she was one swollen little triangle after that! haha
… Mandy Howe, 31 July, 2013 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

Definitely a bad day....
for the E. ovata. The predator looks like a Neospintharus.
… Laura P., 17 July, 2013 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Neospintharus
Do they only prey on spiders? I have only seen them eating other spiders, or just alone...
… James Reben, 17 July, 2013 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Neospintharus
Thanks for that i.d., too!
… James Reben, 17 July, 2013 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

ovata
was my first instinct, but quickly second-guessed myself...

Thanks, I agree that it may be ovata
… James Reben, 16 July, 2013 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

We would also have suggested
Enoplognatha ovata
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2013 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Or -
maybe Enoplognatha? One of the other spider folks will probably be able to help you more...
… Ken Schneider, 16 July, 2013 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

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