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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Long-jawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae) » Cave Orb Weavers (Meta) » Meta ovalis
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another cave spider - Meta ovalis
Copyright © 2008 paul moser

another cave spider - Meta ovalis
cave, white County, Tennessee, USA
November 7, 2008
Size: half dollar or smaller
this is another spider found in the same cave as i have just previously posted. please refer to that post for more information or contact me.
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Contributed by paul moser on 8 November, 2008 - 9:31pm
Last updated 3 February, 2009 - 12:37pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 3 February, 2009 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Jeff -
was this spider sent to you, or are there diagnostic features on this one photo? Thanks, Ken.
… Ken Schneider, 3 February, 2009 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
There
is only one Meta species in that area, and it matches.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 8 February, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Cropping?
Is it possible for you to crop this photo so that the spider fills the whole frame? Lots of interesting spiders in caves, but spider ID is hard enough even when you have large, clear photos from several angles! :)
… Ken Schneider, 9 December, 2008 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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