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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Lattice Orbweaver (Araneus thaddeus)
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Spider - Araneus thaddeus - male
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Spider - Araneus thaddeus - Male
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
September 29, 2009
Size: 5mm (3/16") body

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 30 September, 2009 - 8:56am
Last updated 7 October, 2014 - 7:33pm

Moved
Moved from Araneus.
… Laura P., 7 October, 2014 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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… Lynette Elliott, 12 October, 2009 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Araneus male
Does this look like a lightly colored A. pegnia? Hopefully Kevin will see something with the palps.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 September, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
About the only thing I see is
About the only thing I see is "Araneus", but John just pointed out a male orb weaver that looks rather similar: Araneus trifolium...

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 September, 2009 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Not sure about A. trifolium
The short stubby macrosetae on the Leg II tibia of this specimen seem more robust than what I saw on my specimen of A. trifolium.

Compare:

… John Sloan, 2 October, 2009 - 1:26am login or register to post comments

 
Well, maybe Lynette's suggest
Well, maybe Lynette's suggestion of A. pegnia is a possibility? A side view of the pedipalps would be nice.

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 2 October, 2009 - 4:23am login or register to post comments

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