Uloboridae
(Cribellate Orb-weavers)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Zosis geniculata, Hackled Orbweaver? Female. She's in the cntr of the pic. She had a small orb web, the kind that some families of orbweavers other than Araneus have as adjunct webs. She was in a shrub in South Carolina. I first saw her lateral plane, "Hackled Orbweaver," was my immediate thought. She had long outstretched legs that looked tufted distally. She quickly dropped out of view and I took this twig and moved her to a path to take a photo.

• Submitted by: 
  
  tangledweb
• Submitted: Dec 3, 2019
• Photographed: Jul 25, 2019
• Spider: Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb-weavers)
• Location: Lakewood (near Sumter), South Carolina, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
• Found in web?: Yes
• Attributes: