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Spiders - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Copyright © 2005 Christopher C Wirth

Spiders - Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
August 10, 2005
Can anyone ID these Spiders? - Thanks
Contributed by Christopher C Wirth on 14 August, 2005 - 11:01am
Last updated 15 August, 2005 - 5:28pm

Read
here for general details of this behavior.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 10 February, 2006 - 5:58pm

Male and female house spiders.
Thank you for sharing a nice photo of a pair of house spiders, Achaeranea tepidariorum (hoping the spelling is right!). Male is on the left, female on the right. They are common cobweb weavers in the family Theridiidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 August, 2005 - 3:09pm

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