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I've tried finding information on this thing for a few days now - it's primarily white with what I at first assumed were black spots, but on my most recent excursion beneath its web (sparse but extends several feet in all directions) it appears to have black stripes instead. The big one (bottom right) is easily the size of one of my thumb knuckles.
Before work, the smaller spider appeared and they seemed to be going at it with their forelegs, but now they're just chilling together so I assume they're of the same species or at least not predators of one another. It is, as the photo shows, much smaller and a very different color, though.
From my research, the only spiders its description seems to even remotely match is that of a "Crazy Jumping Spider" or something but as I said, it has quite a web.
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- Submitted: Jul 24, 2018
- Photographed: Jul 24, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Reno, Nevada, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Also, apologies for the blurriness. Phone camera, and I was within 12 inches of it even before I zoomed in. Higher definition is sadly unlikely.
It’s not bad, actually. The big spider might be a cat faced spider, Araneus gemmoides. Here’s your “birds and bees “( and spiders) talk. The other spider might be a male that is trying to mate with her. They mate facing each other (f he turned his back she might eat him). The male uses an appendage, a pedipalp that’s near his face. He puts down sperm on some silk and uses the hollow-ended pedipalp to scoop some up. The hole for sperm on the female is toward her front end. The male might court her with movements first or… Read more »