A common garden spider who set up house in an impatien
planter.
--
Mark Cassino
Kalamazoo, MI
cassino@net-link.net

"Thunder is impressive, thunder is loud,
but it's the Lightning that does the work!"
-- Mark Twain


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From: scribble@gte.net
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Er... listen, it's not *exactly* a misidentification,
but 'common garden spider' has got to be the most misused
and unspecific name in arachnology. It's applied to ANY
old thing. In my area alone, aranaeid orb weavers,
culoborid sack spiders, and argaenid funnelweb weavers are
all called 'common garden spider's, and there IS no official
use of the name. The spider in question is the latter, a
member of the family argaenidae, the funnelweb weavers. Not
the same as the funnelweb mygolomorphs you already have
under 'funnelweb spider'. Oh, and as for your 'redback'
spiders, one of 'em's a tarantula, and the other a black
widow!