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Frontinella communis
Brown and white spider that builds an amazing web! There are two spiders in each shot. The video shows them moving around and the web. "Female 3 to 4 mm, male 3 to 3.3 mm" - BugGuide It "weaves a fairly complex sheet web system consisting of an inverted dome shaped web, or "bowl", suspended above a horizontal sheet web, or "doily", hence its common name. The spider hangs from the underside of the "bowl", and bites through the web small flies, gnats and other small insects that fall down into the non-sticky webbing." - Wikipedia
In an orange tree in the backyard. These are found throughout the US and Canada.
This is a type of Sheet Weaver spider.
Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on May 28, 2012
5 Comments
Thanks all. Yes this spider was well named and the web is magical :)
Great description! I'll have to keep an eye out for these guys!
Wow! What a magical little world!
A very appropriate name of " Sheet weaver spider"!
Grandioso