Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Araneae] Araniella cucurbitina?
Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 15:27
#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.
Edited by crex on 17-11-2006 09:18
Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-11-2006 17:34
#2
Araniella cucurbitina (and the egg sac is hers) - often found on
Syringa
Posted by crex on 11-11-2006 17:48
#3
Cool. Thanx very much Tony!
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-11-2006 02:11
#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 10:14
#5
Ohh, pity :(
These are found in Sweden:
-
Araniella inconspicua
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Araniella alpica
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Araniella cucurbitina
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Araniella displicata
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Araniella opisthographa
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Araniella proxima
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-11-2006 19:26
#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 :). 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 21:07
#7
This is Araniella sp. Specie level just possible with genitalia observation.