Spiders of North Carolina

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Thymoites unimaculatus - a cobweb spider

Male

Female

Taxonomy

Order: ARANEAE

Infraorder: ARANEOMORPHAE

Family: THERIDIIDAE

Identification

Online Description/Photos:	BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: there's a northern and a southern form: female epigyna with little variation, however there is great variation in the palps of the southern males. In northern specimens, the abdomen is light orange with a black spot on the dorsum and a black ring around the spinnerets; carapace orange with cephalic area black. In southern specimens, abdomen whitish with three dusky longitudinal stripes and a dusky spot above spinnerets; eye and cephalic area usually orange, frequently with dusky median stripe on carapace.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

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Photo Gallery for Thymoites unimaculatus - a cobweb spider		Photos: 9
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-08 Cherokee Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01 Scotland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01 Scotland Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01 Scotland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01 Scotland Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-04-13 New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-08-13 New Hanover Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2019-10-27 Yancey Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2019-10-27 Yancey Co. Comment:

Photo Gallery for Thymoites unimaculatus - a cobweb spider