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Dear WTB,
These upside down basket weaving spiders (my attempt at describing their web shape) are very common in this part of the B.C. Interior. A charming characteristic is their extended courtship and mating which seems to last for days. Can you recommend a spider identification web site?
Thanks!
Pat Teti
Williams Lake BC Canada
Hi Pat,
We double checked with Eric Eaton who writes: “those are most definitely bowl-and-doily spiders, Frontinella pyramitela (formerly F. communis). Great images, indeed!” We love BugGuide for identification.
Update (01/10/2006):
“I’m wrong, I think
I think I jumped the gun on the bowl and doily spiders. I didn’t read very carefully the submitter’s narrative. If the web was DOME-shaped, then the spiders are probably specimens of the filmy dome spider, Neriene radiata. Neat spiders. Eric”
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