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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Phonognathidae » Zygiella » Zygiella nearctica
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Colourful Spider - Zygiella nearctica
Copyright © 2011 Steve McKechnie

Colourful Spider - Zygiella nearctica
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 2, 2011
Found about 4 feet above the ground at 8:AM in a tangle of web attached to the North East inside corner of my house. Shade after 9:00 AM. Below it a patch of wild forest ground cover, moss, lingon berry, rose bush, etc.
The web. Two Cat-faced spiders above it and a Long-jawed spider below it, I have it stored in my "Another Cobweb Spider" folder.
Similar to Zygiella http://bugguide.net/node/view/230840/bgimage
and http://bugguide.net/node/view/265996

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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 25 November, 2011 - 9:03pm
Last updated 26 November, 2011 - 11:02am

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Interesting. If you were willing to collect a specimen (preserved in alcohol), John S. might be interested in seeing it; if not, then I would.

Judging by the maps and notes in Dondale et al. 2003, all of the central and northern inland NA specimens should be Z. nearctica. (For me the spider looks very much like x-notata.) There is this specimen, for example:

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 28 November, 2011 - 3:26am login or register to post comments

 
To do list - specimen
8 months from now hopefully I'll get one.
Not sure how many I looked at trying to find a match before I stumbled onto this page. My Area!
http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/inverts.pdf
Saskatchewan. Taxa list for Invertebrates.
Now I have a start point for every search.
24 Xysticus, only 1 Zygiella, 2 Steatoda,,
… Steve McKechnie, 28 November, 2011 - 6:26am login or register to post comments

 
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… John Sloan, 28 November, 2011 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
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Yes, those species lists can be a big help for cross-checking, initial searches, etc. Thanks for the link.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 28 November, 2011 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Great job. These are the first images we have for this species. I think your ID must be correct based on range.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 November, 2011 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
Or great luck
Thank you Lynette. At the time I stopped for three quick pictures of spooky spider shadows.
… Steve McKechnie, 26 November, 2011 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Zygiella nearctica
The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska - By Charles D. Dondale, James H. Redner, National Research Council Canada,
Zygiella nearctica Gertsch page. 306, 307, 308
Figs. 719 - 725; Map 87
"Range. Alaska to Newfoundland, South to Colorado and to North Carolina."
"Comments. Male and Female are significantly smaller than those of Zygiella dispar"
"Biology. Webs of Z. nearctica are built on coniferous trees and on shrubs, boulders, rocky cliffs, bridges, and buildings.
Adults of both sexes have been collected from May to August."
… Steve McKechnie, 26 November, 2011 - 4:48am login or register to post comments

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