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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus
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Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - male
Copyright © 2015 Alice Abela

Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~6mm head+body
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 14 January, 2015 - 10:04pm
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 10:48am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Alice Abela, 14 February, 2015 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

It sure is the right pattern
and the time of year and habitat are correct.
… Lynette Elliott, 15 January, 2015 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
A. bispinosus
I'm now (jan 20, 2015) seeing lots of mature males most are dark like him. Given that the females ended up being A. bispinosus, I'm thinking that's what the males are as well.
… Alice Abela, 21 January, 2015 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

 
Males
He's the only mature male I've found so far. All of the other males like and appear to be a molt away from maturity. I suspect this may in part be artificial since the mature males are not hanging out in their own webs come dusk which has been my primary means of finding the spiders.

I can cross post if this is useful:

another male 2? molts from maturity (~3mm head + body)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/16103090108/sizes/l
… Alice Abela, 15 January, 2015 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Alice Abela, 14 January, 2015 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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