Spiders of North Carolina

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View	Theridiidae Members:	NC Records
Neospintharus trigonum - a cobweb spider

Taxonomy

Order: ARANEAE

Infraorder: Araneomorphae

Family: Theridiidae

Identification

Online Description/Photos:

BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF

Distribution in North Carolina

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County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.


Adult phenology: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: forest, forest edge, old field; often in larger linyphiid webs

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Status in North Carolina

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Photo Gallery for Neospintharus trigonum - a cobweb spider
	Recorded by: Pete Dixon Madison Co. Comment: In Black Widow web.	Recorded by: Pete Dixon Madison Co. Comment: In Black Widow web.
	Recorded by: Pete Dixon Madison Co. Comment: In Black Widow web.	Recorded by: FKW Gates Co. Comment: MEMI - Canoe access area. Web built into edge of web of unknown orb weaver.
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Stokes Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn McDowell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: F. Williams, S. Williams, T. DeSantis, P. Hart Moore Co. Comment: WEWO - Bioblitz 2013	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Stokes Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Iredell Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn Wake Co. Comment:

Photo Gallery for Neospintharus trigonum - a cobweb spider