Early spring spider

Moved to Sheetweb Spiders

Moved from Spiders.

… Lynette Elliott, 5 September, 2012 - 8:19am

Neriene clathrata?

Just a guess based on the zig zags. Compare with

It looks like a juvenile male... so maybe hasn't had that last big change yet.

… Lynette Elliott, 27 March, 2012 - 9:11pm

Amazing, it does look just like Tom's photo!

How did you find that? Thought we had looked everywhere. I'm gonna have to find this guy again and get some better pics. It's definitely listed for Illinois and the rest of the Great Lakes:
Neriene clathrata (Sundevall 1830
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer 1842)
Neriene variabilis (Banks 1892)

… john and jane balaban, 28 March, 2012 - 8:01am

I was browsing my references

trying to figure this one out

I feel like I should know it... and it's driving me nuts. =]

… Lynette Elliott, 28 March, 2012 - 8:54am

not sure

about how big was it? The first thing that came to mind was Dictynidae, but that doesn't seem to be it.

… Lynette Elliott, 26 March, 2012 - 9:26am

Unfortunately too small for me to see well without glasses!

I was definitely unprepared for the start of my photography year! I would guess at most 4mm and was not expecting the pattern I saw when we downloaded the camera. I could tell there was a spider there, but couldn't see it well in the darkness. I happy to frass it. Just thought someone might recognize the zigzag color pattern. I'll do better next time :)

… john and jane balaban, 26 March, 2012 - 5:37pm

the pattern does look familiar

I browsed through some stuff this morning, but didn't find a match. We can let it hang around & maybe we'll figure it out eventually.

… Lynette Elliott, 26 March, 2012 - 6:15pm