Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Trashline Orbweavers (Cyclosa) » Cyclosa conica
Photo#539927
Spider - Cyclosa conica
Copyright © 2011 James Reben

Spider - Cyclosa conica
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 1, 2011
sorry about the bad pictures

Images of this individual: tag all
Spider - Cyclosa conica Spider - Cyclosa conica Spider - Cyclosa conica
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by James Reben on 4 July, 2011 - 7:33pm
Last updated 13 July, 2011 - 9:12am

Moved
Moved from Trashline Orbweavers.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 July, 2011 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Cyclosa certainly looks right
Cyclosa certainly looks right to me (large, elongated pedipalps, projecting eye ridge, white shoulders on abdomen), probably even C. conica.

I don't think it's so unusual to find dessicated males. I think that beyond a certain point in the life cycle they simply begin to waste away.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 13 July, 2011 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 July, 2011 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

We don't see the pattern on the abdomen,
but what about ?
… john and jane balaban, 9 July, 2011 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
I've also looked in Cyclosa
several times. The only thing holding me back is the appearance of a anterior protrusion of the abdomen and three? protrusions on the posterior. Maybe it's just the angle of the shots? The legs and carapace sure look right.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 July, 2011 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I can't figure out if he is desiccated
or what? The shape is so strange.
… john and jane balaban, 9 July, 2011 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

It looks like a male orb weaver,
but we don't know which one to suggest!
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2011 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, I had not seen any li
Thanks, I had not seen any like this and it looked strange, but it was getting too dark...
… James Reben, 4 July, 2011 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
male spider
I feel like I should know this one, but I can't remember. Do you have a size estimate?
… Lynette Elliott, 5 July, 2011 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
size estimate
It was about the size of a dime, including the legs.
It might have even been a tiny bit smaller than a dime, but close...
… James Reben, 5 July, 2011 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact