Spiders Along the Eno River
As summer seeps away in the Piedmont, spiders begin to spin their webs in earnest. Those of us hiking off the beaten path, in particular, will fight our way through a series of webs spun by prodigiously productive orbweavers (Families: Tetragnathidae, Nephilidae, and Araneidae).
Photographs of some common spiders in the Piedmont appear below.
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| Orchard Orbweaver (Leucage venusta) © Nicolette L. Cagle 2013 |
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| Triangulate Orbweaver (Verracusa arenata) © Nicolette L. Cagle 2013 |
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| Triangulate Orbweaver (Verracusa arenata) © Nicolette L. Cagle 2013 |
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| Unidentified Orbweaver © Nicolette L. Cagle 2013 |
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| Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis) © Nicolette L. Cagle 2013 |
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| Crab Spider (Family: Thomisidae) |
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