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Spider Web - Leucauge argyra
Copyright © 2012 T Guy Spencer

Spider Web - Leucauge argyra
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
January 9, 2012
Size: Web diam about 6 inches
Found in evergreen ground cover, highlighted by morning dew.
Unusually precise design. The center formed a "peak"

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Spider Web - Leucauge argyra Spider Web - Leucauge argyra
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Contributed by T Guy Spencer on 9 January, 2012 - 9:09am
Last updated 9 January, 2012 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Thanks for the additional image. This will make a nice web shot for the guide page & my article on spider sign.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

orb-weaver
I think we should consider Larinia directa based on images I've seen of L. borealis webs. The Basilica orb-weaver makes a horizontal web that domes, but otherwise it doesn't look like your image above. One more to consider is Leucauge argyra. Other than that I don't have any other suggestions. Maybe someone else will recognize it.

I don't suppose you can go back & take a picture of the spider?
… Lynette Elliott, 9 January, 2012 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Adding picture
Here's a picture I took in the afternoon. I would eliminate the Larinia directa. This looks more like the Leucauge argyra.
Thanks, Lynette (I'm more of a photographer than an entomologist, and I appreciated the photos on your page, together with the bibliography on Macro.
… T Guy Spencer, 9 January, 2012 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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