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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Enoplognatha » Enoplognatha ovata
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Red and Yellow Spider - Enoplognatha ovata - male
Copyright © 2006 Doug Howe

Red and Yellow Spider - Enoplognatha ovata - Male
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
June 7, 2006
Size: 0.25-0.5 inches?
Having trouble getting any sort of ID on this beautiful spider. It was found on a pot containing tomato plants on my patio. It's the only one I've ever seen like that, so it isn't a super common spider..at least in my neighborhood. The chelicerea (?) look a bit odd to me...perhaps this is a newly hatched spider? I didn't see any web around that it might have belonged to.
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Contributed by Doug Howe on 24 June, 2006 - 1:05am
Last updated 26 August, 2009 - 9:13am

Moved
Moved from Enoplognatha ovata redimita.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Enoplognatha ovata.
… John R. Maxwell, 26 August, 2009 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Reminds us of
Enoplognatha ovata, such as . See the comments there about the huge jaws of the males. Outstanding image of what we can only assume was a very tiny spider. We're actually guessing that approximating the size of just the head and body would yield a size much less than a half inch. Excellent image showing all the diagnostic features needed to identify this lovely animal.
Welcome to BugGuide. If you can take images like this we hope we will be seeing many more of your arthropod "finds"! Click on your name under your image and go to and edit your contributor page to tell us more about you and what you're learning or teaching there in Eugene.
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2006 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

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