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05-10-2009, 01:47 PM
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| | | Another Spider id
A small spider, very quick, moved around quite a lot... but always upside down. Making iding difficult. 
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05-10-2009, 02:06 PM
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| | | Re: Another Spider id
Probably a young Metellina sp. |
05-10-2009, 04:44 PM
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| | | Re: Another Spider id
Possibly a juvenile Tetragnatha sp. from legs, elongation of abdomen and spinner position?
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05-10-2009, 08:09 PM
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| | | Re: Another Spider id
I agree Tetragnatha sp. is also an option, although I find the abdomen not elongated enough to be one, but I could be wrong.
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05-10-2009, 08:31 PM
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| | | Re: Another Spider id
Only from experience  , and memory, as I am not at home where the books are.
The third pair of legs are noticeably shorter by a good amount, and the spinnerets are set slightly forward and under the end of the abdomen in mature Tetragnatha species. As the spider is immature it will not be as elongated as it will by maturity, but I think it's on it's way and too far past the mark for a Meta/Metellina sp.
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