Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Spider, Metellina merianae (Thank you Roger & Juergen)

Posted by cyprinoid on 15-09-2009 19:16
#1
Norway, Abdomen maybe 10mm or slightly more.
Edited by cyprinoid on 23-09-2009 08:32

Posted by Roger Thomason on 15-09-2009 19:21
#2
Tetragnathidae..Metellina merianae possibly...It looks like one I posted on here last year.


EDIT; Change Family name from Metidae (old Frown from my Checklist) to Tetragnathidae.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 15-09-2009 19:33

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-09-2009 21:41
#3
Hi, cyprinoid!

If you give the habitat (at house/building? drainage? cave entrance? rocks? not too dry und sunny?) one could possibly rule out all other Metellina species...

Posted by cyprinoid on 15-09-2009 21:50
#4
Hi, it was close to the outer wall of my garage (concrete) near the ground which is covered by some plants. Must say it is shady and somewhat moist since it is western Norway :-).

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-09-2009 00:37
#5
Hi!

cyprinoid wrote:
Hi, it was close to the outer wall of my garage (concrete) near the ground which is covered by some plants. Must say it is shady and somewhat moist since it is western Norway :-).


Then there's no doubt about M. merianae. They *love* garages also here in Germany Cool. Many are around and in ours and at and in the wintergarden. But at this season there is also M. segmentata in the garden, so I wanted to be sure, that the net was not in the open vegetation (they build their nets between grasshalms, nettles etc.).