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Apple Sphinxes (Complex Sphinx gordius)Observer
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on blueberry
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Barn Funnel Weaver (Tegenaria domestica)Observer
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Found running for cover on the kitchen floor! Not large, maybe 9mm. Also happened this morning to find a funnel web in a disused shoe in the nearby closet! (No prey or other occupant evident in web; seems consistent with this spider appearing ill-fed and roaming...)
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Hammock Spider (Pityohyphantes costatus)Observer
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Found on a hammock web inside boardwalk railing
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Shiny Wolf Spider (Pardosa moesta)Observer
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Found in leaf litter
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Bowl-and-doily Spider (Frontinella pyramitela)Observer
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Found hanging on the underside of the web.
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Dimorphic Jumping Spider (Maevia inclemens)Observer
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Individual found indoors, but others nearby e.g. under grill cover.
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Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)Observer
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Near orb web in a doorway. Spider ran into web to wrap prey, then immediately returned to sheltered crack.
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Featherlegged Orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus)Observer
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Found hanging below decorated horizontal line in hosta. Spider appeared to use ballooning to escape up the plastic tube.
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Featherlegged Orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus)Observer
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Very small spider, with prey, found hanging down in center of horizontal orb web in hosta. Another individual was in a web in nearby hosta.
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Black Laceweaver (Amaurobius ferox)Observer
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Found in a silk shelter along with beetle carcasses, under a small rock edging a garden. Multiple individuals/shelters found in the same garden (not in the same shelters). Iridescence on undersides of legs was not obvious in the field but reliable in flash photos.
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Black Laceweaver (Amaurobius ferox)Observer
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Found in a silk shelter along with beetle carcasses, under a small rock edging a garden. Multiple individuals/shelters found in the same garden (not in the same shelters). Iridescence on undersides of legs was not obvious in the field but reliable in flash photos.
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Spurred Woodland Funnelweavers (Genus Coras)Observer
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Found under a decomposing log. Did not notice any web. Spider crawled into hole in log upon release.
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Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta)Observer
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Spider was hanging below a horizontal orb constructed about 2 feet off the ground. Orange mark on underside of abdomen.
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American Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira)Observer
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About 7mm body length. Found on low foliage and it returned to foliage after release on the ground.
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Subfamily PholcinaeObserver
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Found in debris outside the house.
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Longlegged Sac Spiders (Genus Cheiracanthium)Observer
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Found in a crevice of the underside of an outdoor table.
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Nordmann's Orbweaver (Araneus nordmanni)Observer
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Dropped from the ceiling in my basement!
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Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
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Found hunting on a gardening stake.
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Subfamily LycosinaeObserver
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About 13mm. Found under a large rock where earwigs and woodlice were living.
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Ghost Spiders (Family Anyphaenidae)Observer
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I watched the smaller spider approach the silk shelter and be immediately captured by the Phidippus. I wasn't sure whose shelter it was but it resembles this (Anyphaenid) https://bugguide.net/node/view/1460207/bgimage. But the Phidippus did retreat into it.
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Colourful Comb-footed Spiders (Genus Parasteatoda)Observer
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Found with egg sacs in a web constructed around twigs.
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Genus PityohyphantesObserver
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Found in a shelter in a grape leaf
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Bronze Jumping Spider (Eris militaris)Observer
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Spider emerged from a shelter (lepidopteran?) on viburnum leaf.
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Meshweavers (Family Dictynidae)Observer
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Very small spider with a web spanning one leaf.
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False Widow Spiders (Genus Steatoda)Observer
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Found indoors where it preferred to be near the ceiling. Very inconspicuous use of silk.
