Beautiful red spider, black legs - Hypsosinga rubens

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Beautiful red spider, black legs - Hypsosinga rubens

Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA
April 27, 2013

Found in a nature reserve in Sulphur, OK. These small strikingly red spider with black legs were found at knee height in several places. I'm curious as to their ID.

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Beautiful red spider, black legs - Hypsosinga rubens

Contributed by Amy Goodman on 27 April, 2013 - 8:47pm
Last updated 8 February, 2014 - 7:39am

ID'd by Mandy Howe =)

… Amy Goodman, 8 February, 2014 - 7:44am

epigyne/palp confirmation here:

… Mandy Howe, 8 February, 2014 - 8:56am

Moved

Moved from Hypsosinga.

… Amy Goodman, 8 February, 2014 - 7:39am

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Amy Goodman, 28 April, 2013 - 5:37pm

Was it an orb web?

Makes us think Hypsosinga

… john and jane balaban, 27 April, 2013 - 10:46pm

Hypsosinga?

Sure looks right to me.

… Kyron Basu, 28 April, 2013 - 2:01pm

I think I'm returning tomorrow...

I will see if I can find some web shots to add if I do.

… Amy Goodman, 27 April, 2013 - 11:19pm

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