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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Theridula » Theridula emertoni
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tiny spider - Theridula emertoni
Copyright © 2005 bennett gray

tiny spider - Theridula emertoni
hudson valley County, New York, USA
October 30, 2005
Size: maybe 1 mm
thought it was a mite at first until i brought it up on the computer. i can see four indentations on the abdomen. wondering if it is immature or adult.
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Contributed by bennett gray on 1 November, 2005 - 7:01am
Last updated 2 November, 2005 - 10:13pm

Theridula emertoni
If the ID is correct, it will double in size. Easy to ID, it was on the original 'Golden Guide Spiders and Their Kin' cover and many reprints.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 November, 2005 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you know the ID
of any of the other spiders on the Theridula page?
… john and jane balaban, 1 November, 2005 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Not really
I moved a couple of pictures from this page that were misplaced, and the other pictures seem OK. After reading the comments I believe they are Theridula as well, but have no idea what species. I do think this picture is a T. emertoni, if you want to give it a home.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 November, 2005 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, jeff
what do you mean ...it will double in size? when it becomes an adult?
… bennett gray, 1 November, 2005 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
an average adult size is 2mm.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 November, 2005 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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