Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Araneae] Araniella cucurbitina?

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 14:27
#1
From midwest Sweden 2006-07-05. I'm not sure wether this "ball" belongs to the spider or not ... Could this be a Araniella sp? The leaf is probably Syringa vulgaris.

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Edited by crex on 17-11-2006 08:18

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-11-2006 16:34
#2
Araniella cucurbitina (and the egg sac is hers) - often found on Syringa

Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 16:48
#3
Cool. Thanx very much Tony!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-11-2006 01:11
#4
Hello!

Tony Irwin wrote:
Araniella cucurbitina (and the egg sac is hers)


I have no distribution maps for Sweden, but here in Germany there are 6 Araniella species, and 5 of them cannot be separated by a photo. A. cucurbitina is the most abundant, but A. opistographa is not much less. So it would bei safest to call this spider Araniella cf. cucurbitina.

Posted by crex on 12-11-2006 09:14
#5
Ohh, pity Sad

These are found in Sweden:
- Araniella inconspicua
- Araniella alpica
- Araniella cucurbitina
- Araniella displicata
- Araniella opisthographa
- Araniella proxima

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-11-2006 18:26
#6
Hello!

crex wrote:
These are found in Sweden:
- Araniella inconspicua
- Araniella alpica
- Araniella cucurbitina
- Araniella displicata
- Araniella opisthographa
- Araniella proxima


The same species as here in Germany Smile. Only A. displicata can definitely be determined after a photo (also is mainly restricted to coniferous trees (Pinus) in sandy habitats).

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-11-2006 20:07
#7
This is Araniella sp. Specie level just possible with genitalia observation.