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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Micrathena » Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)
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Micrathena? - Micrathena gracilis
Copyright © 2011 Laura P.

Micrathena? - Micrathena gracilis
Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
July 15, 2011
Size: 4mm
I thought this was a Spined Micrathena but it doesn't look the any of the ones I've found on this site, it looks softer and fuzzier ... is that because it's a juvenile or is it something else?
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Contributed by Laura P. on 15 July, 2011 - 7:55pm
Last updated 21 July, 2011 - 8:49pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 July, 2011 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

seems correct
here's one with a very similar texture and coloration:
… Sara Rall , 15 July, 2011 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, I caught another a
Thank you, I caught another and got a picture of the side. They are similar. I saw that picture but still wasn't sure because the person who posted it didn't know what it was either. :)
… Laura P., 22 July, 2011 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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