PDA

View Full Version : Can someone ID this spider?


Azoroth
07-27-2007, 07:54 PM
So, I was on a roadtrip, and during a pit-stop I see a large spider hanging from a web from a tree. I had my camera with me, and decided to take a couple of pics.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7008/dsc00208rz3.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6388/dsc00209sd5.jpg

Mallard
07-27-2007, 07:57 PM
Pics are really bad couldnt tell where your spider was .If you send a clear pic some one WILL be able to identify.

Mallard
07-27-2007, 07:59 PM
Sorry my P.C. not yours.

Azoroth
07-27-2007, 08:01 PM
I know, the pics are kinda big...

beetleman
07-27-2007, 11:34 PM
it's some kinda of orbweaver,which 1 i'm not sure:?

David_F
07-27-2007, 11:52 PM
You know, it's a strange situation in which to see this genus but I wouldn't rule out a Dolomedes sp. The eye pattern and body structure seem to match. Could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me.

lucanidae
07-28-2007, 12:47 AM
It's an Araneidae for sure, I've collected them before but can't remember the genus, it is something common. There's no chance of finding a pisaurid in a web like that.

David_F
07-28-2007, 07:56 AM
There's no chance of finding a pisaurid in a web like that.
Kinda what I thought but what little I could see of the eyes made me second guess.

gunslinger
07-31-2007, 09:12 PM
Actually, I have several Dolomedes that in fact make unusual webs and sit in them. They are not typical spider webs, but kind of unusual stringy lines all chaotically strung about and they just sit up in them and hang out.

I can't make out the web structure in the pic, but its possible, it does resemble Dolomedes in body shape, stature, and eyes. It is hard to say from the photo though with any accuracy.

Azoroth
08-07-2007, 12:32 AM
Ok, thanks