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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Bolas Spiders (Mastophora)
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Unknown spider - Mastophora
Copyright © 2011 Joan Miller

Unknown spider - Mastophora
Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio, USA
September 21, 2007
Size: about 5/16"
Photo taken in early evening in field of mixed grasses and wild flowers

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Contributed by Joan Miller on 9 April, 2011 - 2:04pm
Last updated 9 April, 2011 - 5:53pm

Ohio Mastophora
Great find!
… Lynette Elliott, 14 April, 2011 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
In the second image
it looks as though only the first femur is dark.
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2012 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, but =]
I don't see this one having the typical bisaccata pattern. Also I see a hint of humps... though they are small ones. When I see that hint of humps I start worrying about M. archeri. I need to study archeri a little more before commenting further.
… Lynette Elliott, 15 November, 2012 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Looking at it again and reading about M. archeri
It looks like the femurs might all be dark? I'm thinking that M. archeri is out because the description says legs indistinctly ringed. I see no rings here. At this point I'm stumped. Perhaps it's an oddly marked M. stowei?
… Lynette Elliott, 15 November, 2012 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 9 April, 2011 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

amazing
What a beautiful photograph, and spider!
… Michelle McCullough, 9 April, 2011 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you, Michelle - early evening sun low in the sky helped the lighting on the guy.
… Joan Miller, 10 April, 2011 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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