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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae) » Dictyna
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Trashline Orbweaver? - Dictyna
Copyright © 2017 Rebecca Ray

Trashline Orbweaver? - Dictyna
Jordan River Pkwy, North Salt Lake, Davis County, Utah, USA
April 14, 2017
I'm thinking this is Cyclosa (possibly conica), but I don't see the hallmark abdomen shape of Cyclosa spp.

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Contributed by Rebecca Ray on 21 April, 2017 - 8:22am
Last updated 14 June, 2017 - 11:02am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 14 June, 2017 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Was there an orb web?
Looks more like Dictyna to us
… john and jane balaban, 21 April, 2017 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
Web
I have added an image of the web.
… Rebecca Ray, 21 April, 2017 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Dictynidae
I think you're right. I didn't realize there were Dictynidae that built geometric webs and kept their meals as web debris.
… Rebecca Ray, 21 April, 2017 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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