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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Mecynogea » Basilica Orbweaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
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Not an orchard orbweaver? - Mecynogea lemniscata - female
Copyright © 2014 Al Denelsbeck

Not an orchard orbweaver? - Mecynogea lemniscata - Female
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 7, 2014
Size: 10mm
I originally believed this to be an orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta,) but now I don't think so. She has a 7mm round white egg sac, suspended by a single strand.

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Not an orchard orbweaver? - Mecynogea lemniscata - female Not an orchard orbweaver? - Mecynogea lemniscata - female Not an orchard orbweaver? - Mecynogea lemniscata - female
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Contributed by Al Denelsbeck on 10 July, 2014 - 2:34pm
Last updated 2 April, 2016 - 5:21pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
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Yes, not an Orchard
but a Basilica
… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2014 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow, that was quick!
Many thanks! I was looking through the Tetragnathidae for a match, since I really didn't think a description of its coloration would turn up anything (or that I could even describe it usefully.)

I appreciate your help!
… Al Denelsbeck, 10 July, 2014 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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