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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Mangora » maculata / spiculata (Mangora maculata / spiculata)
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Orb Weaver Spider - Mangora
Copyright © 2010 Ken

Orb Weaver Spider - Mangora
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 16, 2010
Size: approx 3/8"
Originally submitted as: Spider
Found in the underbrush along a wide trail through a deciduous woods.

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Orb Weaver Spider - Mangora Orb Weaver Spider - Mangora
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Contributed by Ken on 19 July, 2010 - 7:12am
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 12:04pm

Moved
Moved from Mangora.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 January, 2013 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 July, 2010 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

See

for comparison
… john and jane balaban, 19 July, 2010 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Likely
Although my focus on the underside of mine leaves something to be desired, this certainly looks like a likely prospect to me.
… Ken, 19 July, 2010 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Orb Weaver in the genus Mangora
This is a tough genus even with multiple images. We would lean toward M. spiculata, but it could very well be maculata also. Sorry :(
… john and jane balaban, 19 July, 2010 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Mangora
For me, just Mangora is a big step in the right direction. Thanks.
… Ken, 19 July, 2010 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Image
do you have a dorsal view of the spider?
… John R. Maxwell, 19 July, 2010 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Dorsal view
I couldn't get that. The undergrowth was so crowded that I couldn't get the camera in position without causing him to run, which he did a couple of times.
… Ken, 19 July, 2010 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

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