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Pregnant spider - female
Copyright © 2007 sepsiss

Pregnant spider - Female
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
November 26, 2006
Size: around 2cm body length
Contributed by sepsiss on 15 June, 2007 - 10:22am
Last updated 26 June, 2007 - 5:33pm

Not
so sure about previous comment. Where did you find it? Was it in a web, sac, or just wandering around?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 15 June, 2007 - 4:29pm

 
Not an expert
but is Trachelas possible?
… John R. Maxwell, 12 January, 2009 - 12:01pm

 
Found
Under a log in Glen Canyon, San Francisco, CA. No large web but some tangled mesh webbing against the log.
… sepsiss, 15 June, 2007 - 4:42pm

Hacklemesh weaver.
Decent image of a hacklemesh weaver in the family Amaurobiidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 June, 2007 - 2:31pm

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