Arachnids of North Carolina
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Bathyphantes pallidus - a sheetweb weaver

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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: AraneomorphaeFamily: LinyphiidaeSubfamily: Linyphiinae                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: The females are readily identified by having a longer-than-wide scape and a similar and parallel parmula extending as far back or farther than the scape.
Structural photos
Bathyphantes pallidus
The epigynum has not just a longer-than-wide scape, but a similar and parallel parmula extending as far back or farther than the scape. (photo of db_id 12225)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Bathyphantes pallidus
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: forest; small thin sheet web in leaf litter or under overhang of log
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 Photo Gallery for Bathyphantes pallidus - a sheetweb weaver

Photos: 16

Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-08-03
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-08-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-08-03
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-08-03
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-05-31
Currituck Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark BASINGER & Donald ZEPP on 2025-04-03
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-05-27
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-05-27
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2024-05-27
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-05-02
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-04-26
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-04-26
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-04-17
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2021-04-17
Wake Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2019-07-16
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2019-07-16
Yancey Co.
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