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Lyssomanes viridis. These from my experience always exist in close numbers to Wulfila albins, when you are looking on Holly and Maple trees shrubs near Water. Closer to water the better. They are also fairly common in dead rolled up cigar or wrapped shapped leaves hanging from trees or on a fallen branch. Once you open up the leaf, they are very common as well as many Hibanas and Anyphaenas of Anyphaenidae and lots more families and genera in rolled up leaves, that are not soaking wet.
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- Submitted: Mar 18, 2023
- Photographed: Mar 19, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Anderson, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Forest
- Found in web?: No
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I’ve been checking rolled leaves, I haven’t found spiders yet this year. There seems to be insect larvae on those leaves, the spiders might be eating pupae and caterpillars . Happy Vernal Equinox!
Thanks!! Well the rolled leaves is my experience down here in upstate SC. And it’s best to be within 5-25 feet of water. The leaf in my experience must be on tree or fallen leaves hanging from small trees and low vegetation 6ft and under. It might be the cold weather and time of the year in your case. During winter in Greenville I found around 12 spiders in 8 degree FARENHEIGHT weather. The Salticidaes, Anyphaenadaes and more were in wrapped up leaves, but very dense ones that had wrapped up and shrunk around to the width of 2 toothpicks… Read more »