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small orange spider - Thymoites unimaculatus - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

small orange spider - Thymoites unimaculatus - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 20, 2005
Size: 1/8"
In a hundred yard stretch of trail, there were at least 4 of these tiny spiders on tree trunks and under bark.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2005 - 8:09pm
Last updated 23 April, 2006 - 11:55am

Not sure
of species. It does seem to be the same as 15390.
What kind of web if any?
Who decided on Steatoda?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 21 January, 2006 - 1:32pm

 
No web visible
I placed it here, because it looked like a Steatoda triangulosa, with a different color. Should it be moved?
… tom murray, 21 January, 2006 - 10:02pm

 
Tom,
do you agree with new placement?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 January, 2006 - 5:42pm

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