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Tiny Trashline Orbweaver

Cyclosa turbinata

Description:

Saw this spider on the fence in my backyard. This type of spider stashes its "trash" in a line.

Habitat:

United States

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2 Comments

loganrobertson321
loganrobertson321 11 years ago

Wow, thank you for your feedback (i put the arrow on in powerpoint). The first spider in the second link looks like mine. Those types of spiders are really interesting. Thanks :)

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

First off, I love your diagram with the arrow! This little spider is from the Genus Cycloso, Trashline Orbweavers. It is hard to tell from your photo but it is most likely Cyclosa turbinata. You can talk a look at the pictures on the link here from bugguide.net and see if it looks like your spider.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/39033

I have a spotting of this species as well. I think they are very interesting indeed! Your spider is a female.

My spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/123...

loganrobertson321
Spotted by
loganrobertson321

Aquia Harbour, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 18, 2012

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