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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae)
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Spider
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Spider
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 5, 2009
Size: 4mm (5/32")
Unfortunately this is the only pic I managed to get. I guess the flash scared it and it jump down to another leaf then I couldn't find it again.

Please help with ID if possible.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 6 May, 2009 - 10:06am
Last updated 1 August, 2021 - 3:45pm

Maybe a male Dictyna?
Compare with
… Lynette Elliott, 6 May, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
....
Are you fairly confident? I wasn't sure if I should have even posted it because of the odd angle and lack of detail. Do you think I should frass it?
… Sam Houston, 6 May, 2009 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
Well I just saw
that you also posted a female Dictyna. If you found these two together I'd say that clinches it.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 May, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
....
Actually, they were about 5-6 inches apart on separate leaves of the same plant.
… Sam Houston, 6 May, 2009 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
That's
close enough for me.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 May, 2009 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

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