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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Enoplognatha » Marbled Cobweb Spider (Enoplognatha marmorata)
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Spider on dead deer - Enoplognatha marmorata
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

Spider on dead deer - Enoplognatha marmorata
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
April 14, 2007
Size: 5 mm
Found on a dead deer...

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 14 April, 2007 - 10:09pm
Last updated 22 May, 2007 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 22 May, 2007 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Wow
How do you manage to find so many dead animals in which to search for arthropods?
… Stephen Luk, 14 April, 2007 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
actually, it's just the one d
actually, it's just the one deer carcass... I go back to it every few days to see how everything is going.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 14 April, 2007 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Great photos
I've never seen a spider that looks like this one! Great shots!
… Cheryl Moorehead, 15 April, 2007 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, makes sense now...
'cause new things pop up every time - every stage of decomposition, as it progresses from flesh to skin and bone, brings in new creatures.
Same could be said of the polypore fungi which I'm examining for beetles, though that's sort of a different story.
… Stephen Luk, 14 April, 2007 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

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