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Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 30
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TexasPuddyPrint
Edinburg, TX

August 24, 2008
9:24 PM

Post #5463400

Am assuming this is one of the orb weavers but which one?

This was photographed in Mission (Hidalgo County) Texas.

~ Cat

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suunto
Sinks Grove, WV

August 25, 2008
12:56 PM

Post #5465723

This may be the tropical orb weaver, Eriophora ravilla - see [e-mail:/photos/15269247@N00/1708855217/]
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA
(Zone 6b)

August 25, 2008
7:44 PM

Post #5467402

There was somethng on the "What's That Bug?" site about Eriophora transmarina being in the US.
TexasPuddyPrint
Edinburg, TX

August 25, 2008
10:57 PM

Post #5468357

Thanks ya'll...narrowing it down to the Eirophora helps. Looks like the ravilla as well as the transmarina - guess I'll stick to ravilla as it seems to be found more often in Texas. :o)

~ Cat

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