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    Dec
    15th
    2010

    Almost A Face Spider

    I met this guy while walking around a desert wash one night looking for snakes. I was about 2 inches from having a spider friend on my nose when I saw it. Whew! Big and weird looking … the first of these I’ve seen.

    Entomologists? Any help with the ID?

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    2 Responses to “Almost A Face Spider”

    1. Ted C. MacRae says:
      December 15, 2010 at 11:34 am

      Probably one of the orb weavers (family Aranaeidae) – which one I couldn’t say.

    2. jason says:
      December 15, 2010 at 2:02 pm

      Looks like a spotted orbweaver (Neoscona domiciliorum). She’s gorgeous!

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