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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Aculepeira » Aculepeira packardi
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Spider #08-24 - Aculepeira packardi
Copyright © 2009 Robert L. Pearson

Spider #08-24 - Aculepeira packardi
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 14, 2008
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 30 March, 2009 - 6:27pm
Last updated 17 January, 2013 - 8:56am

Moved
Moved from Aculepeira. ID based on range and dorsal pattern.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 January, 2013 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 March, 2011 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Aculepeira
Thanks Lynette
… Robert L. Pearson, 16 March, 2011 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

Choices...
Neoscona oaxacensis, Aculepeira, Metepeira. We know you have



Neoscona oaxacensis in the area, so maybe that's the best choice here? I wish we had a ventral view! Pattern does look a lot like Aculepeira to me today.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 April, 2010 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2009 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Male orb weaver
like the other comment said and maybe Metepeira?
… Lynette Elliott, 17 June, 2009 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

 
maybe Metepeira?
Thanks Lynette, I didn't realize that there are soo many of these and very difficult to ID without microscopic examination.
… Robert L. Pearson, 17 June, 2009 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

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