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Linyphiid? - Neriene clathrata
Copyright © 2014 Emily Tenczar

Linyphiid? - Neriene clathrata
St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
May 13, 2013
Size: 4 mm; legspan 10 mm
For some reason I had a container of rotten wood and bark last year. I must have been saving it for millipedes or scorpions or something. I ended up finding some interesting spiders in the process. Probably came from Golden Valley, but were photographed in St. Louis Park before release.

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Contributed by Emily Tenczar on 11 February, 2014 - 8:39pm
Last updated 12 February, 2014 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 12 February, 2014 - 9:20pm

Two things
1) Some of these images seem to have different patterns on the abdomen. Are you sure you they are all of the same specimen?

2) I see Neriene clathrata in the dark zig-zaggy abdomen of most of these images (but not so much in this image).
… Chad Heins, 11 February, 2014 - 11:11pm

 
yes
I had two spiders that I was photographing that afternoon and one was a mature male dwarf spider...it is weird how different the angles make it look. Thanks for asking though...because checking back I realized I had the wrong date. They were actually taken in May.
… Emily Tenczar, 12 February, 2014 - 9:09pm

 
Neriene clathrata
It's amazing how different a spider can look based on angle and light! I agree with Chad, I think it looks a lot like Neriene clathrata.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 February, 2014 - 6:26am

Something in
Neriene
… Lisa I., 11 February, 2014 - 10:13pm

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