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Orb-weaver Spider - small

order Araneae - infraorder Araneomorphae (true spiders) - family Araneidae

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Furrow Spider Larinioides patagiatus

1/4" long body.  Paralyzed then dropped by a Dirt Dauber wasp.

Photos taken in Taylor County, June 2007

 

 

  

 

(no common name) Araneus pegnia

1/4"-3/16" long body.  Soapberry tree leaf is rolled to build a sheltered nest.  Spider guarded the nest.  She never entered or left.

Photos taken in Taylor County, September 2007

 

 

 

(no common name) Araneus sp.

1/2" long body.  Paralyzed then dropped by a Dirt Dauber wasp.

Photos taken in Taylor County, July 2006

 

 

     

 

(no common name) Araneus sp.

3/8" long body.  Paralyzed then dropped by a Dirt Dauber wasp.

Photos taken in Taylor County, September 2007

 

 

 

Arabesque Orbweaver Neoscona arabesca

1/4" long body.  Paralyzed then dropped by a Dirt Dauber wasp.

Photos taken in Taylor County, July 2006

 

 

  

 

probably  Araneidae - Orb-weaver Family

? Common Name **zk 9** Scientific Name

1/4" body.  No top view.  The horizontal web filled the top of a large rain gauge, about 4" wide.

Photos taken in Taylor County, June 2006

 

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