Unidentified

Picture ID 54419

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    sreesh
  • Submitted: Mar 14, 2019
  • Photographed: Dec 9, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Trivandrum, India
  • Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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CalumEwing

Hard to tell from a photo but this looks a lot like one of the Sheet Web Weavers in the family Linyphiidae. It could also be a Long-jawed Orb Weaver in the family Tetragnathidae. Also possibly a Cobweb Weaver in the family Theridiidae.

Entomologist_97

thwaitesia

TangledWeb

Yes, Thwaitesia dangensis is and it does look similar. A way to search the general range of a spider is to search the genus on Wikipedia. At the bottom right of the page under Species someone listed all of the species in each genus with their basic ranges. They used the information found in the World Spider Catalog. You can search a specific species at the Catalog website. There is a Search function at the top of the home page in small print. This will also tell you what the current (for the Catalog issue date) species designation is and… Read more »