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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Eriophora » Eriophora edax
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Spider - Eriophora edax
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Spider - Eriophora edax
San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge, Orange County, California, USA
April 27, 2008
Size: could stand a on a nickel
In a web under a gate post

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 27 April, 2008 - 4:47pm
Last updated 25 November, 2012 - 12:17pm

Moved
Moved from Eustala californiensis.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 November, 2012 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Eriophora edax?
We've had more submissions and it's now beginning to look like this may actually be Eriophora edax. Compare with


Please see my request on your ventral shot.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 November, 2012 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eustala.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 March, 2011 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Orange County CA Eustala
Based on range this could be conchlea, rosae or californiensis.

I don't feel like the pattern matches conchlea.
Rosae has 3 posterior tubercles in a row.
Californiensis has paired black marks on the carapace, which I think is enough to ID this one.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 March, 2011 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

This has the shape and pose of Eustala
but we haven't seen one like this. In the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 27 April, 2008 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
I agree with the genus ID, and would add that orb webs get destroyed by storms, large insects passing through them, etc; and the spider will repair them, or spin new ones, at night, remaining camouflaged during the day like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 May, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
The problem with that is that
The problem with that is that it certainly didn't seem to be a classic orb web, though I should have paid more attention. It was a very messy web, in a roughly triangular pyramidal configuration. I'll add a photo that gives a better impression of the web, though it may be a little hard to make out at the resolution BugGuide allows.
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 27 April, 2008 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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