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Tiny backyard spider - Trichonephila clavipes
Copyright © 2019 Greg Brown

Tiny backyard spider - Trichonephila clavipes
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
April 18, 2019
Size: 2-3mm
Small, about 2 to 3mm total body length, not including legs. It set up shop in a bulbine plant on my back deck and seems to be successfully grazing on the small insect fauna of my backyard. Hopefully its getting some mosquitos.

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Contributed by Greg Brown on 18 April, 2019 - 4:42pm
Last updated 25 April, 2019 - 9:46am

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… Chad Heins, 25 April, 2019 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Looks to be a baby Nephila clavipes
… john and jane balaban, 18 April, 2019 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Nephila
Well, I'll be darned! I think you're right. I'm so use to seeing the adults in our backyard, I didn't imagine that they would ever be so small. It has a small web that's messy and haphazard like a golden silk. And it appears to be a very effective hunter. Thanks!
… Greg Brown, 18 April, 2019 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

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