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Bowl and doily spider

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The Bowl and Doily spiders (Frontinella pyramitela, family: Linyphiidae) are small (about 4 mm. or 2/10 inch) spiders that weave a fairly complex sheet web system consisting of an inverted dome shaped web ("bowl") suspended above a horizontal sheet web ("doily").

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Frontinella pyramitela web (photo)



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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