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Decorate Silver Orb-web Spider

Leucauge decorata

Photo by LeanneGardner
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Field Notes

Description:

Bodylength around a cm. I was unable to ID this spider. Maybe Silver Orb Spider?

Habitat:

Found in tall grass.

Reference Links:

Leucauge decorata (Walckenaer, 1841) Decorative Silver Orb Spider

Species ID Suggestions

Decorate Silver Orb-web Spider

Leucauge decorata

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bayucca
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Comments (10)
Mark Ridgway
These are really pretty spiders and not nearly so intimidating as the big golden ones.
LeanneGardner
Ok cool. Thanks Shanna. We'll go with that. Thanks again bayucca.
ShannaB
Great shot. I agree with bayucca's ID... check out the second last shot on the reference he's posted. There doesn't seem to be anything else out there like it.
LeanneGardner
Thank you Mac. bayucca, thank you so much for your research & suggestion. I cant say for sure myself, though it's the closest I've seen. I wonder if they are variable? I'll leave it for a bit & see if everyone agrees. Thank you :) Chief, lovely to see we may share the same creatures.
bayucca
Tetragnathidae, Leucauge sp. and looks like being Leucauge decorata. Please, verify!! https://www.flickr.com/photos/72842252@N04/8487632066/ http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Leucauge_decorata.htm http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spiders/651.htm http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108526011

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International Spider Survey
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Central Queensland Wildlife
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PublishedApril 13, 2014

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