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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Micrathena » Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)
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Spider - Micrathena gracilis
Copyright © 2014 gregpage1465

Spider - Micrathena gracilis
Cameron County, Texas, USA
November 1, 2014
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Contributed by gregpage1465 on 5 November, 2014 - 4:12pm
Last updated 7 November, 2014 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 November, 2014 - 7:54am login or register to post comments

Awesome picture.
Awesome picture.
… Roberta "Bert" Klimas, 5 November, 2014 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
:)
I agree, Bert. It is a very excellent picture! And also, spiders are often hard to photograph, in my opinion.
My reasoning: They often come out after it rains, and make webs in dark spots in the woods.
Besides that, they are relatively small, depending on species, and that can make it hard to focus using auto. I usually use MF with spiders.
Not to mention flash: even with it, it is hard to get a good photo because you run into the 'blow-out' problem. The web often doesn't take light very well.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 5 November, 2014 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

I believe...
A Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis). The reddish coloring is throwing me (I am used to seeing them in black and white), but it is likely because the location is Texas.
Yes, I think so. Because Another specimen was seen in Texas with similar coloration: . Ah, here is another: . How amazing that bugs can differ in color based on location. :)
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 5 November, 2014 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Color variation--a spiny orb weaver thing?
See the comment about Gasteracantha cancriformis here.
… Peter Edelman, 5 November, 2014 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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