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

Araneus montereyensis? - Araneus montereyensis - Female
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
February 24, 2015
Size: ~5mm head+body
Found on coast live oak in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. She's from the same spot I've been finding the A. bispinosus, but looking at the epigynum it looks like she's an A. montereyensis. It doesn't show up well in the pictures, but she had a fair amount of green color on the sides of her upper abdomen.

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 24 February, 2015 - 9:32pm
Last updated 2 February, 2024 - 1:39pm

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