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Neriene radiata
Very small, delicate spider. Long, thin legs. Abdomen black, white and yellow patterning. Web dome shaped. Males have enlarged, bulbous pedipalps (see pictures 5 and 6).
Woodlands. Webs mostly built on the sides of logs and stumps as well as some in the shrubs. Connetquot State Park, New York.
These small spiders were everywhere! Easy to identify by the shape of the web.
Spotted on Apr 26, 2013
Submitted on May 1, 2013
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