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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Wall spiders (Oecobiidae) » Wall spiders (Oecobius)
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Small Spider - Oecobius
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Small Spider - Oecobius
Baton Rouge, Brookhollow Drive, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 14, 2006
Size: Body length 2.1 mm.
We believe this is in the genus Oecobius.
It is good match for Perry Babin's fine photo here. It is also a good match for O. navus figured here (1).
We will await confirmation/correction before placement.
Gayle
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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 15 January, 2007 - 7:25pm
Last updated 24 June, 2008 - 9:42am

Wall Spider
I think you are right. They have a very unusual eye arrangement being far back and almost flat. I don't know about IDing to species.
… Lynette Schimming, 15 January, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette,
I found that if I plan to get involved with spiders, I better be happy with ID to genus!
Seven species of Oecobius are listed for the US, and one of these, O. interpellator, is known only for MA. For LA I figure that narrows it down to one of six, which would be quite acceptable.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 15 January, 2007 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

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