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Uloborus glomosus

Photo by Ingrid3
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41.0534, -73.5387

Field Notes

Description:

~0.5cm
web ornamented with white line above and below position of waiting spider
spiky abdomen
yellow and brown
jaws are claw-like laterally moving

Habitat:

daytime hunting in web in shade of a porch chair

Reference Links:

Interesting little spider - Uloborus glomosus - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Family Uloboridae, Cribellate Orb Weaver: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1956/bgpage Pretty little spiders. We have them here too. I am not sure if it is the same species:

Spotted for Missions

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International Spider Survey
Mission
Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedAugust 21, 2014

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