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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Hacklemesh Weavers (Amaurobiidae)
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Not a dolomedes, not a wolf, what is it?
Copyright © 2006 KrisB

Not a dolomedes, not a wolf, what is it?
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
April 15, 2006
Size: 1.5 - 2 inches
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Contributed by KrisB on 16 April, 2006 - 1:24pm
Last updated 3 May, 2006 - 1:29pm

Hacklemesh Weaver?
It's hard to tell really. Compare with other Hacklemesh weavers here.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 April, 2006 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Lynette...
I would agree with Lynette's guess. The other picture in the series shows the webbing that resembles the silk a hacklemesh weaver would weave. Hacklemesh webs are tangles of non-sticky silk along walls and other flat surfaces; when prey walks across it, it gets ensnared so the spider can determine if the victim is a potential meal. :)
… Christopher Hunt, 17 April, 2006 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

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