Male - Zygiella x-notata

Moved

Moved from Zygiella.

… Lynette Elliott, 5 October, 2008 - 9:21am

Found on same flower as female

… Lynette Elliott, 4 October, 2008 - 9:16am

Moved

Moved from Zygiella atrica.

… Lynette Elliott, 4 October, 2008 - 8:56am

Moved

Moved from Entelegynes.

… Lynette Elliott, 21 September, 2008 - 9:41pm

Nice! How did you figure these out?

Can you ID any of the other Zygiella images in the guide? Certainly Tom Adams' are very similar. Great addition to the guide!

… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2008 - 9:52pm

From Rod Crawford:

"This is Zygiella atrica and if I had the specimen it would be
a new record for Pierce County!"
I don't know if I can ID any of the others, but I can send the links to Rod.

It turns out that the male is x-notata and the female may be atrica. I've collected a female and it is just waiting to meet with Rod. Here is what Rod had to say about this male.
"..it is not atrica, but x-notata. Male atrica are very distinctive with an extremely long palp tibia."

… Lynette Elliott, 21 September, 2008 - 9:56pm

Moved

Moved from Enoplognatha.

… Lynette Elliott, 21 September, 2008 - 3:40pm

Interesting - We thought the male

Enoplognatha has those huge jaws (see

). Any chance that these could be Zygiella (or Parazyg or Metazyg - we don't know them very well)??

… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2008 - 3:36pm

You're right

I had ovata on the brain when I posted these!

… Lynette Elliott, 21 September, 2008 - 3:41pm