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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Metellina » Metellina segmentata
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Shamrock Spider - Metellina segmentata
Copyright © 2015 Liz Watkinson

Shamrock Spider - Metellina segmentata
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
September 26, 2012
Third spider Is this a male?
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Contributed by Liz Watkinson on 20 August, 2015 - 2:10pm
Last updated 22 August, 2015 - 12:20pm

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… Laura P., 22 August, 2015 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

Male but not a Shamrock Spider
Compare your spider to Shamrock male here:


Your spider appears to be a male M. segmentata. Compare with
… Lynette Elliott, 21 August, 2015 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
M. segmentata
Thanks. Wasn't going to submit this photo. The location is on a horse ranch/movie production site in the edge of coastal mountains west of Mission. Hundreds of people, cars, production vehicles that move up and down the coast park a few hundred feet from this house.
… Liz Watkinson, 31 August, 2015 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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