Mesh web weavers

Emblyna sp.

Description:

Male (on left) & female. Female measured about 3 mm in length, male smaller. I believe they were mating but were disturbed when they saw me.

Habitat:

Radnor Lake, Tennessee

Species ID Suggestions

7 Comments

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Absolutely Karen..! PN is keeping our eyes busy for sure, looking curiously at each and every small insects with lot of respect for them..:-)

KarenL 11 years ago

I guess Project Noah is opening a lot of our eyes Sumukha!

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

I do have a similar experience Karen..! I knew only 2 types of spiders in the beginning- The daddy long legs spider and the Common housefly catcher. Now i myself hav spotted more than 50 kinds of spiders around my home which is in a sub-urb..! I feel the same as u do- I must have been going around with my eyes closed..!!

KarenL 11 years ago

My experience is similar - growing up in England I was only aware of 4 species of spiders: "bath tup spiders" - the huge spiders that we had to evict from the house on a regular basis because of my mum's phobia of them; "house spiders" - the long legged variety with tiny bodies that built webs in the corners of rooms; "garden spiders" - the ones on webs outside where they belonged; & "money spiders" - the teeny tiny guys supposed to bring you luck!
Now I discover there are over 600 species of spider in the UK! I must have been going around with my eyes closed!

ForestDragon 11 years ago

Karen, thanks but, honestly, this site is helping my knowledge by leaps and bounds.

I have a tendency to retain info like this plus, I am pretty good with shapes and patterns (artist). My detective skills are getting better too. I am learning so much more about insects especially. I am learning types and remember what they look like generally so it's easier to try and look them up.

I keep thinking back to when I was young and knew that that little white butterfly was a Cabbage Butterfly and the spider was a "Tunnel Spider". Oh, how little I really knew! I was one of two girls in "Bug Camp" in elementary school. I have always loved the "bugs". I used to wander around the garden and upturn the stones and logs to see what was underneath. I had my bug net with me a lot. I still upturn the logs, stones and leaves but with a camera ready instead of a jar or net!