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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus pegnia

Araneus pegnia

Historic Smithville Park, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 5, 2014
3 of 4 images of this specimen.

But the white one on the bottom may be hers

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 24 November, 2014 - 2:57pm

Araneus pegnia

Historic Smithville Park, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 5, 2014
2 of 4 images of this specimen.

She ran over and hid in this retreat, before falling to the ground.
One of the egg sacs looks more like Mimetus puritanus

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 24 November, 2014 - 2:56pm

Araneus pegnia -

Historic Smithville Park, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 5, 2014
1 of 4 images of this specimen.

Araneus pegnia - adult female with retreat and egg sac

I found this female during their "Moth Night"

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 24 November, 2014 - 2:54pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Pimeliinae » Asidini » Philolithus » subgenus Gonasida (Philolithus subgenus Gonasida) » Philolithus elatus

Tenebrionidae - Philolithus elatus

Silver City, New Mexico, USA
November 24, 2014
Size: 1.5 inches 3.8cm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Cassie lindsey on 24 November, 2014 - 2:46pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Dwarf Spiders (Erigoninae) » Walckenaeria » Walckenaeria subdirecta

Walckenaeria subdirecta -

Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 4, 2014
9 of 9 images of this specimen.

Carapace profile

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 November, 2014 - 2:38pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Plusiina » Anagrapha » Celery Looper - Hodges#8924 (Anagrapha falcifera)

Celery Looper - Hodges#8924 - Anagrapha falcifera

Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska, USA
October 1, 2014

October record for Nebraska on BugGuide.

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Contributed by Mark A. Brogie on 24 November, 2014 - 2:35pm

Walckenaeria subdirecta -

Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 4, 2014
8 of 9 images of this specimen.

Chelicera showing cheliceral file.

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 November, 2014 - 2:33pm

Walckenaeria subdirecta -

Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 4, 2014
7 of 9 images of this specimen.

Dorsal

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 November, 2014 - 2:32pm

Walckenaeria subdirecta -

Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 4, 2014
6 of 9 images of this specimen.

Ventral

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 November, 2014 - 2:31pm

Walckenaeria subdirecta -

Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 4, 2014
5 of 9 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 24 November, 2014 - 2:31pm

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