Arachnids of North Carolina
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Thymoites unimaculatus - a cobweb spider


Male
Female
Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: ARANEOMORPHAEFamily: 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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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)

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 Photo Gallery for Thymoites unimaculatus - a cobweb spider

Photos: 12

Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-24
Henderson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-24
Rutherford Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-22
Transylvania Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-08
Cherokee Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01
Scotland Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01
Scotland Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01
Scotland Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-12-01
Scotland Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2021-04-13
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-08-13
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2019-10-27
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2019-10-27
Yancey Co.
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