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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira
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Arachnid/Odonata 1 - Metepeira
Copyright © 2015 Joy Markgraf

Arachnid/Odonata 1 - Metepeira
Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
June 5, 2015
This Arachnid (under it's web) was found on a drier edge of a wetland/prairie remnant with it's web fastened to yarrow stems. The top of the web is camouflaged with bits of a small odonata. Without magnification it appears to be tiny ants. I did not see the spider until it moved because it looked so much like the black spots of odonata. Very clever! Thanks for looking.

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Arachnid/Odonata 4 (web top) - Metepeira Arachnid/Odonata 3 (web side) - Metepeira Arachnid/Odonata 2 (web side) - Metepeira Arachnid/Odonata 1 - Metepeira
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Contributed by Joy Markgraf on 6 June, 2015 - 9:29am
Last updated 12 March, 2019 - 8:54pm

Moved
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Moved for the experts
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Orb Weaver
genus Metepeira
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