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Cobweb Weaver

Enoplognatha ovata

Photo by Ingrid3
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41.0534, -73.5387

Field Notes

Description:

<1cm, yellow mutant , it has the black instead of red dots laterally, purple dots inside these on the abdomen and yellow instead of green as the major body color, black stripe on the cephalothorax which does not match with this species illustration at all...

Habitat:

surface of a leaf of Enchanter's Nightshade (female reported to typically guard eggs under a curled up leaf)

Notes:

Lemon spotted with purple & black MUTANT! Not like the typical book image AT ALL! “polymorphic spider”! Asiatic introduction (Bradley 2013)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/939362#1659926
http://bugguide.net/node/view/26344

Reference Links:

Species Enoplognatha ovata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
ForestDragon
These little Cobweb guys are tough! Here is another option, I think it looks promising: Enoplognatha ovata: http://bugguide.net/node/view/26344
Machi
Yes, bugguide didn't have the full list of the species within the genus. It is quite long
ForestDragon
Unfortunately Machi, that species doesn't occur on the East Coast of the US, but it does look close, I agree.
Machi
I think it looks the most like this one http://bugguide.net/node/view/519869/bgpage
ForestDragon
Ingrid, I'll bet you anything that this is actually a Cobweb Spider from Genus Theridion: http://bugguide.net/node/view/10950/bgpage

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International Spider Survey
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedJune 16, 2014

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