Bug FAQFilmy Dome Spider
Neriene radiata · Order: Araneae · Family: Linyphiidae
The filmy dome spider is a sheet-weaver in the family Linyphiidae. It builds a dome of fine silk and hangs upside-down underneath, waiting for prey.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It belongs to the sheet-weaver family Linyphiidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It constructs a dome of fine silk and hangs upside-down underneath, waiting for prey.
Source: Wikipedia
Life cycle
It serves as a preferential host for the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes trigonum.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
Other spiders in the family Linyphiidae look similar.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 49 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Texas, Virginia, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Vermont, Maine.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Linyphiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmy_dome_spider
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
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