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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Bolas Spiders (Mastophora) » Mastophora cornigera
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Bolas spider - Mastophora cornigera - female
Copyright © 2007 Penny Crispin

Bolas spider - Mastophora cornigera - Female
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
December 5, 2006
Bolas Spider

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Contributed by Penny Crispin on 24 February, 2007 - 8:55pm
Last updated 3 November, 2012 - 10:32am

Moved
Moved from Bolas Spiders.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 14 May, 2007 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Exciting find!
We haven't seen many of these on BugGuide. Can you give more details of the find? Was it somewhere that moths would appear for some reason in large numbers?
… john and jane balaban, 25 February, 2007 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
It was found in a wildlife sa
It was found in a wildlife sanctuary along the bay in Corpus Christi. I've only visited that location a couple of times, so I don't know the insects there very well. I visited during cold months, and did not find many species. But I was *very* excited to find this spider. It was non-responsive (as bolas spiders are said to be during the day).
… Penny Crispin, 25 February, 2007 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Very
exciting is right!
Thanks for the great addition.
Images of Sosippus texanus and Hamataliwa unca would be a couple more great ones...
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 March, 2007 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll do my best!
I'll do my best!
… Penny Crispin, 2 March, 2007 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

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