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Unknown Web Builders
Copyright © 2014 Dick Walton

Unknown Web Builders
Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA
November 26, 2014
Can someone identify the insects and the function of the web building behavior. Although I have visited this specific local for numerous times over the last three years I have not observed this previously.

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Contributed by Dick Walton on 26 November, 2014 - 8:42pm
Last updated 9 December, 2014 - 7:44am

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Marshal might be able to ID them further. Cool find.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 December, 2014 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
Marshal thought these were Sphodros
and pointed to:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/509972

Sure looks right to me but I'll leave it to someone with the right "pay grade" to move the images if they feel this is warranted.
… Dick Walton, 9 December, 2014 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 December, 2014 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

I hope these will help. I was in a bit of a rush . . .
both when I shot these images and posted them. I also believe these are arachnids. I returned today to try to improve on the images but the show was over and only the silken structure remained.
… Dick Walton, 27 November, 2014 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Maybe the young of the year
leaving home, setting out on their own. Something similar we photographed in Illinois here:
… john and jane balaban, 27 November, 2014 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Cool
I'll be interested to see what others say! There is a communal spider introduced to Florida (and there are several in my yard) called the tropical tent web weaver, but these aren't them.
This is definitely worth another picture. Can you get a closer shot in focus? Even when I zoom way in, I couldn't swear they are spiders. I can't distinguish the number of legs.
Thanks!
… Matt Edmonds, 27 November, 2014 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

they appear
to be spiders, not insects but the image is so small and fuzzy it's hard to tell. Try again after reading the instructions on the submit image page
… Larry de March, 26 November, 2014 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

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