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Metepeira grandiosa
Photo#387790
Copyright © 2010
Lynette Elliott
male spider - juvenile -
Metepeira grandiosa
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Naches Trail Preserve, Pierce County, Washington, USA
April 22, 2010
Size: around 5 mm
Found in the same bush as
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Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 22 April, 2010 - 10:37pm
Last updated 23 April, 2010 - 9:10am
Moved
Moved from
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From Rod Crawford:
The female is clearly an Aculepeira. The male (which is juvenile)
looks more like a Metepeira.
The web retreats should tell the story. Metepeira make a little tiny
dome (something like the web of Neriene radiata but much smaller) to
hide under when they are not in their web. Retreat of Aculepeira is
more like a tube or platform.
The Aculepeira you would find in that environment is an undescribed
species of the A. packardi group. The Metepeira would likely be M.
grandiosa, but M. foxi is possible. We got both adult and juvenile
Aculepeira, and juvenile Metepeira, at our prairie site NW of
Rochester last week.
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Lynette Elliott
, 23 April, 2010 - 9:08am
..
Hi Lynette,
How did you then get to grandiosa for this juvenile male?
Sorry, snow blindness!
BTW, I saw your expedition in Rod's collecting journal. Looked like a lot of fun.
-K
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 24 April, 2010 - 4:14am