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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Neriene » Neriene digna
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Black & white - Neriene digna - male
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Black & white - Neriene digna - Male
Alameda County, California, USA
August 31, 2009
Those white markings are so sharply defined. Size not recorded, but it was small.
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Contributed by R. Berg on 20 January, 2010 - 9:41pm
Last updated 13 February, 2010 - 10:50am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 February, 2010 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
Question
You suggested this ID tentatively before. What accounts for your new confidence?
… R. Berg, 13 February, 2010 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

 
John Balaban
agreed with my ID by email. Just going off two editors agreeing.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 February, 2010 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

..
That genus is likely, if it's not that species.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2010 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

immature male Neriene digna?
Compare with
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2010 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Well,
it reminded me of that, except that the white bands have a uniform width as far back as I can see them. The white on my other N. dignas tapers toward the posterior end.
… R. Berg, 23 January, 2010 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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