These spiders have a long, slim body, less than 1/2 inch long, with much longer legs, often folded in line with their body (2nd image). They have large, powerful jaws (which can be seen in the first and 5th image). But they can’t be reliably identified to below the genus level with images alone. The specimen in the first image was photographed in the center of its web on a sunny morning. Another specimen (2nd image) rested on Queen Anne’s Lace near its dew-laden web (3rd image). The 4th and 5th image are of another specimen photographed in October, which also can’t readily be identified to species. The last image is of another specimen photographed in Childs Hollow, Fontenelle Forest in early June 2014.
Considered uncommon in the newly planted prairie vegetation near the blind in Fontenelle Forest. We have not yet surveyed these spiders in Neale Woods, but expect the same levels of abundance in the prairie plantings there.
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