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Tiny spider : linyphiidae ? - Leucauge venusta
Copyright © 2017 Philippe Moniotte

Tiny spider : linyphiidae ? - Leucauge venusta
Millboro, Virginia, USA
April 13, 2017
Size: 2-3 mm
Contributed by Philippe Moniotte on 21 April, 2017 - 11:10am
Last updated 22 April, 2017 - 8:10pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 22 April, 2017 - 8:10pm

Orchard Orbweaver
Leucauge venusta
… john and jane balaban, 21 April, 2017 - 1:32pm

 
Thanks
Well, I should have known better : le web IS an orb ! It's the fact that it was perfectly horizontal that fooled me in thinking linyphiidae.
… Philippe Moniotte, 22 April, 2017 - 4:41am

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