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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus
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Araneus sp.? - Araneus - male
Copyright © 2014 Alice Abela

Araneus sp.? - Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
March 27, 2014
Size: ~8mm legspan
Found in orb web on coast live oak in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 28 March, 2014 - 11:39pm
Last updated 17 February, 2015 - 10:27am

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… Alice Abela, 17 February, 2015 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

A. bispinosis
Looks to match the immature & mature males I'm seeing from the same site associated with A. bispinosis females
… Alice Abela, 21 January, 2015 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 10 December, 2014 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Yes that certainly looks like a reasonable conclusion. This might help us ID them. However, it doesn't look mature, so that's a bit of a hindrance.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 April, 2014 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Age
I was thinking that he was likely a molt away from maturity. He was in his own orb web. I was hoping that he was a female so I could attempt some ventral shots. I'll keep looking.
… Alice Abela, 1 April, 2014 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

Potential mate of...
Maybe the male of ?
… Alice Abela, 28 March, 2014 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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