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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Mangora » Mangora spiculata
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Orb weaver - Mangora spiculata
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Orb weaver - Mangora spiculata
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 3, 2004
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 March, 2005 - 4:32pm
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from Mangora maculata. Sorry for yet one more move. But now they make sense! Rereading the key we found that maculata has only three pair of spots at the end of the abdomen while spiculata has more spots or blotches. This is the coastal species from NJ down around to TX.
… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mangora.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lined Orbweaver.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2009 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Compare with
, but we still don't know either. Yours has a web so that should help with the ID.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2005 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
looks the same
as Richard's cobweb spider, the green legs and body, to the white abdomen with identical markings. Thanks
… tom murray, 22 March, 2005 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
this
is an orb weaver, M. gibberosa. So is Richards.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 22 October, 2005 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jeff
for another one you identified.
… tom murray, 22 October, 2005 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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