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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another Spider for ID'ing<Metellina merianae.ID by Juergen Peters

Posted by Roger Thomason on 30-11-2008 20:54

Here is a Spider I photographed in October last year.
Seems very colourful compared to the usual ones I normally find here. Can it be named?

Edited by Roger Thomason on 01-12-2008 01:01

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-11-2008 23:29

Hello, Roger!

This is a female Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae). Also very frequent here around our house (seems to have proliferated explosively in the last 12 months...).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-11-2008 23:31

Posted by Roger Thomason on 01-12-2008 00:58

Thanks yet again Juergen for the ID. I have this one on my Checklist, but it is under Metidae not Tetragnathidae.
These are nice and colourful and I hope to get some better photo's next year with my current DSLR Camera, this was taken with a cheapo-ish Compact Camera.
Regards Again.....Roger

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-12-2008 16:35

Hello, Roger!

rogerthomason wrote:
I have this one on my Checklist, but it is under Metidae not Tetragnathidae.

The family Metidae does not exist any more. They were all put into the Tetragnathidae.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-12-2008 08:41

List corrected. Metidae seemed like a better / easier to write name

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Regards Roger