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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Micrathena » Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)
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un ID - Micrathena gracilis
Copyright © 2007 Jennifer Taggart

un ID - Micrathena gracilis
Newburg, Hopewell township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 13, 2007
Size: 1/3 inch
This spider stretches lines between two plants --one can often find little bags of "something: hung from the webs.
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Contributed by Jennifer Taggart on 16 August, 2007 - 9:09am
Last updated 1 September, 2007 - 12:41pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 September, 2007 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

Micrathena?
Nice shot! Looks a lot like Micrathena, possibly M. gracilis:



However, I could be wrong. Any second opinions?
… J.R. Jones, 16 August, 2007 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

 
Micrathena
Thanks-- also, thanks for this quick reply!

jennifer
… Jennifer Taggart, 16 August, 2007 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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