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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira » Metepeira comanche
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Metepeira spider - Metepeira comanche - female
Copyright © 2012 Aimee Williams

Metepeira spider - Metepeira comanche - Female
Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA
October 1, 2012
Size: small
this metepeira made her web only about 20 feet from the metepeira I photographed in July. This web is up higher, both webs face the south, the retreat being to the north side of the web. I assume it's the same species, Arizonica?

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Contributed by Aimee Williams on 1 October, 2012 - 7:08pm
Last updated 30 January, 2013 - 11:47pm

Moved
Moved from Metepeira arizonica.

After reviewing all your images and getting some comments from John Balaban via email it looks like this spider is a better match for M. comanche based on pattern, coloring and ventral markings. I don't know why I didn't consider that species in my original list. Sorry about the multiple moves. =]
… Lynette Elliott, 30 January, 2013 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

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