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I think she's a Theridion sp. In a heat wave she came to water - moistened lichens on a gravestone.
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- Submitted: Aug 15, 2025
- Photographed: Aug 2, 2025
- Spider: Unidentified
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: ( Woodlawn Cemetery) Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
@Nod https://bugguide.net/node/view/2480881/3949071#3949071 This link should go to the discussion I mentioned. I’m C. Latour.
Theridion spiders are pretty, they’re slightly internally iridescent and look a bit like they glow yellow-green.
The little spider is beautiful. The little Hitler not so much. I think your best bet is to ignore him completely and carry on. I wouldn’t worry about the lack of support from others on the site or let that get to you. It is likely fear based. They are worried he will pull out their own records and belt them over the head with them too. Not nice. We do this for fun. It’s terrible when someone sucks the joy out of it.
Thanks! 🙂 He had to go through about 70 of my IDs to make his list. I can’t imagine being so controlling that I would sort through 70 IDs to find some that I disagree with. And I’m a moderator! I really don’t read everything that’s written here and judge it, not even close. If someone truly incompetent or trollish gets in, you always tell me before I see it myself. I don’t know the social dynamic on that site, I’m not going to mess with it. I’m persistent and outlast others. If you have an annoying neighbor or coworker,… Read more »
And after all that trawling he could only find a handful he disagreed with. What an angry little man. Sounds you have had a bit of practice dealing with the unhinged. You should be fine dealing with him. Lol