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Orchard spider

Leucage venusta

Photo by mishmao14
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a really small spider I found hanging around on a web in my garden near some milkweed, in Louisiana. The strange thing about it is that the bright coloured section on the spider is so bright it almost looks fluorescent. I can't find it anywhere online and wondered if anyone could help.

Habitat:

Garden near trees.

Notes:

It looks grey/white apart from the really bright section which almost glows.

Species ID Suggestions

Orchard Orbweaver

Leucage venusta

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
mishmao14
Yes! Thank you. That appears to be my guy! The neon orange bit is really bright on this one, too. Very pretty.
bayucca
Tetragnathidae, Leucage venusta. http://bugguide.net/node/view/369144/bgpage http://bugguide.net/node/view/2010/bgpage

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