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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus calusa
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Family Thomisidae - Araneus calusa
Copyright © 2014 Susan Leach Snyder

Family Thomisidae - Araneus calusa
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
April 10, 2014
This spider had a web stretched across a narrow path in a hammock area adjacent to an oak-rosemary scrub. When the web was disturbed, it went to one end of the web that was attached to a leaf. Note the distinctive shape of this crab spider's abdomen. I would appreciate a species identification if this individual can be identified. Thanks very much!

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 11 April, 2014 - 4:24pm
Last updated 7 April, 2016 - 4:14pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 7 April, 2016 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

OK, we've read Levi back and forth about three times now
and with lateral pointing shoulder humps with red spot on the front, we don't see how this can be anything but calusa. Even the yellow around the PME is visible in the second shot. Is it ok if we move it there? We would still love to see an actual image of a calusa. It may be that both yours and ours are yet another variation of miniatus, but all the other miniatus have black dots on the shoulders. And the black dots on the dorsum of the abdomen definitely match figure 157 in Levi.
… john and jane balaban, 2 April, 2016 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2014 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved for review.
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 3 May, 2014 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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Nice find!
… Laura P., 11 April, 2014 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

Looks rather to be Araneidae
Did you get any more images? With those red spots, we are thinking this might be Araneus calusa

It would be great to see more images of it to be certain. Nice find!
… john and jane balaban, 11 April, 2014 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yes, I am attaching another angle of the spider.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 11 April, 2014 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

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