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Araneus - male
Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 12, 2015
Size: ~5mm head+body
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Araneus montereyensis? - Araneus - male
Araneus montereyensis? - Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~5mm head+body
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - male
Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~6mm head+body
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - male
Araneus bispinosus? - Araneus - Male
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~6mm head+body
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Araneus bispinosus - female
Araneus bispinosus - Female
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~7mm head+body
2 of 3 images of this specimen.
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Araneus bispinosus - female
Araneus bispinosus - Female
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 14, 2015
Size: ~7mm head+body
1 of 3 images of this specimen.
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat. All of these spiders emerge at dusk and appear to construct a new web each evening

Phidippus princeps??? - Hakka himeshimensis
Phidippus princeps??? - Hakka himeshimensis
Scotland Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
May 8, 2014
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
I'm also not sure what to make of the white spot above the spinnerets

Phidippus princeps??? - Hakka himeshimensis
Phidippus princeps??? - Hakka himeshimensis
Scotland Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
May 8, 2014
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Found walking on a dock extending out into the Chesapeake. moderate to large in size for a jumper. I’m really not sure what to make of this one; the abdominal markings are so bland.

Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus - male
Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus - Male
College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
May 13, 1972
2 of 3 images of this specimen.
PARATYPE

coll'ed by J. C. Gaines (in 1932)

spmn in the TAMUIC

Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus - male
Hyperaspidius marginatus (Gaines) - Hyperaspidius marginatus - Male
College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
May 13, 1972
1 of 3 images of this specimen.
PARATYPE

coll'ed by J. C. Gaines (in 1932)

spmn in the TAMUIC