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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Mecynogea » Basilica Orbweaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
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Spider - Mecynogea lemniscata
Copyright © 2006 Graham Montgomery

Spider - Mecynogea lemniscata
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 23, 2006
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 2 January, 2007 - 8:55am
Last updated 30 January, 2007 - 8:39pm

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… Jeff Hollenbeck, 30 January, 2007 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Nice find!
We would suggest a male of Mecynogea lemniscata - Basilica Spider, images in the guide here, but most of those are female, so the color pattern on most of those is a little different, but you will see the characteristic body shape which makes us provide this suggestion.
… john and jane balaban, 2 January, 2007 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

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