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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Aculepeira
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Large orb spider on Cane cholla - Aculepeira
Copyright © 2015 Lynn Monroe

Large orb spider on Cane cholla - Aculepeira
14 miles S of Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado, USA
June 7, 2015
Size: BL ~ 15.5 mm
This large orb spider is a prairie spider, elevation ~ 4051' elevation. It looks the most like Aculepeira but I see a dorsal line with dots on the abdomen that does not resemble packardi. I was unable to open the file Neotropical and Mexican spiders of the Org Weaver genera ...Aculepeira and so could not see the image of A. aculifera. Also, I noted a prairie species or two or not yet described. Any help with its ID is much appreciated. I will show other views.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 16 June, 2015 - 6:49pm

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