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pronty
08-03-2006, 12:42 PM
Can anyone ID this? :D ok ok.. any information would be helpful :)

I went to a local greenhouse today with my sister and of course I see bugs there :D Under one shelf there was a small orb web with a strange looking spider. It doesn't look like a domestic species. At least I haven't seen any like that :)
My sister asked the girl who was working there if I could have the spider :D She came to look at it and said I can take it :D
The web didn't look much different from the ones of local species, but the spider does. It has two humps on the back and fuzzy tibia on the first pair of legs :) It has a legspan of about 1 cm.

http://kotisivu.suomi.net/pronty/IMG_5885spider.JPG

http://kotisivu.suomi.net/pronty/IMG_5891spiderX.JPG

http://kotisivu.suomi.net/pronty/IMG_5894spiderX.JPG

pitbulllady
08-04-2006, 07:13 AM
That's a "Feather-Legged" Orb Weaver, or "Hackled Orb Weaver", genus Oloborus sp.. I have a couple of these interesting and pretty little spiders in my yard.

pitbulllady

pronty
08-04-2006, 08:42 AM
thank you very much for your help :)

I googled for pics and it does look like Uloborus sp. :)

I wonder where it came from :D

Edit: I googled some more and found out that spiders in the genus Uloborus have no venom :) cool :D my sister doesn't have to be afraid of it killing me anymore {D