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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae)
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fat little spider - male
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

fat little spider - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 31, 2006
Size: 3.5-4mm
The palps look huge.
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Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2006 - 11:16pm
Last updated 1 August, 2021 - 3:50pm

Moved
Moved from Mesh Web Weavers.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 December, 2006 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Found a Match?
See comparison shot here. Oops, can't be a match because my specimen is female!!
… Lynette Elliott, 7 May, 2006 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

Coloring
looks similar to some of the female Dictynids. However, it looks nothing like the males Dictynids I found online. See this page. The palps on the Dictynids in my Golden Guide are also very large and the size matches too. Is there such a thing as a hermaphrodite spider :).
… Lynette Elliott, 1 April, 2006 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

 
cross dresser :-}
It does look like a female Dictynid with male palps.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2006 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Well
fed subadult male, most likely a Dictynid, as mentioned.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 April, 2006 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette and Jeff
That's what it must be, just looks odd.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2006 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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