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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira » Labyrinth Orbweaver (Metepeira labyrinthea)
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Labyrinth Orbweaver - Metepeira labyrinthea - female
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Labyrinth Orbweaver - Metepeira labyrinthea - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
October 16, 2008
Size: Maybe around 5 mm?
I believe the ID is correct based on images already in the guide and the tangled web. Please let me know if I am wrong.

This one was getting a little lethargic as the cold weather set in, so my nephew took it to live in a terrarium in his room. He says he'll feed it ants and aphids after it makes a web.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 26 October, 2008 - 11:19pm

We would agree with your ID
Is that an egg case it's guarding?
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2008 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like it
must have been eggs.
… John R. Maxwell, 2 November, 2008 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure
Did you mean the ball up front, or the "bean-bag chairs" behind it of which there may be several - see photo 2.
… John R. Maxwell, 27 October, 2008 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
We were thinking the "bean bag chair"
behind her reminded us of an egg cluster.
… john and jane balaban, 27 October, 2008 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Me too
I count maybe three.
… John R. Maxwell, 27 October, 2008 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

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