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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Furrow spiders (Larinioides) » Furrow Orbweaver (Larinioides cornutus)
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spider found in funnel web wrapped inside rolled blade of grass - Larinioides cornutus
Copyright © 2017 Dave Webb

spider found in funnel web wrapped inside rolled blade of grass - Larinioides cornutus
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland, USA
September 4, 2017
I found this spider tucked inside of a funnel web constructed in a loop formed from a tall blade of grass (see second photo). Not sure what it was, I pulled on the blade of grass from both sides of the web, and the spider fell to the road surface below, where I took this photo. Sorry, I did not take a measurement, however, I estimate the body length to be about 5-8 mm, excluding legs.

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spider found in funnel web wrapped inside rolled blade of grass - Larinioides cornutus spider found in funnel web wrapped inside rolled blade of grass - Larinioides cornutus
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Contributed by Dave Webb on 4 September, 2017 - 2:57pm
Last updated 26 September, 2017 - 10:18pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 26 September, 2017 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be
an Orb Weaver, genus Larinioides. Maybe the folded grass contained her egg sac
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2017 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

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