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Redwood flora spider - Metellina curtisi - female

Redwood flora spider - Metellina curtisi - Female
Big Basin redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
February 24, 2013
Size: less then 5 mm
I get lots of these tiny spiders in the redwood needles (this is in one of the Albino variations hence the white needles) or at least I get their webs in my photos when taking photos of redwood needles. I'm assuming ti is an adult since so many I've noted are no larger then this.

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Redwood flora spider - Metellina curtisi - female Redwood flora spider - Metellina curtisi - female Redwood flora spider - Metellina curtisi - female

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M. curtisi
From looking at your second image I'm guessing it's M. curtisi. Compare with

 
of course
Yes, of course it is. We have forests full of these little spiders, and looking at the images I found one... it was my photo from a location about 15 miles as the Raven flies, away. Plus lots of other images from my area.

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