Spider Id Please - Eastern Shore of MD

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spgfr Delmar, MD May 11, 2016

Body length roughly 10mm give or take. Very active. I don't think I've ever seen one of these before.

Thanks...

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 11, 2016

From looking at its eye pattern, this just about has to be a male orb weaver (family Araneidae), but at the present, i have no idea as to which species. I must give you credit for coming up with some real head-scratchers!

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spgfr Delmar, MD May 12, 2016

According to the spider Id group on Facebook, "This is a type of Linyphiidae (sheet weaver) they are notoriously difficult to narrow down to genus"

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 13, 2016

Interesting. Your spider's eye pattern still looks to me to be more like that of an araneid than a linyphiid, but I defer to the true experts. That aside, it does explain why the gestalt of the spider did not appear to me to be that of a typical araneid...

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spgfr Delmar, MD May 13, 2016

You don't consider yourself a true expert?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 13, 2016

Certainly not on spiders! I rely primarily on some 65 years of observing/studying insects, trying to remember at least a little of what I've seen and read... :-)

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spgfr Delmar, MD May 13, 2016

My hat's off to anyone that can stick to something for so long. I spent 40+ years doing what most people consider rocket science, and I hope to never deal with that stuff ever again.

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