Identify these spiders!

[Betty]

More photos taken by my sweetie:
(I wish my macros could get this good!)

all photos copyright Oleg Volk

These species can be found in Tennessee, USA. Looks like some kind of orb weaver and crab spider, but I'm not sure.

 

[Betty]

another spider:

photo copyright Oleg Volk

 

[Bug collecter]

Originally posted by Betty
another spider:

photo copyright Oleg Volk

Thats a beauty Betty i wish we had more intresting spiders in the UK .

 

[Venom]

Pic #1 Achaearanea tepidariorum - American house spider.

Pic #2 Xysticus sp. - crab spider

Pic #3 Agelenopsis sp - grass spider.

All harmless and beneficial. Nice macro work by the way. What camera / lenses were used, if I may ask?

 

[raftergoblin]

I used a 100mm macro lens on a D30 or 10D Canon digicam, and flash on a cord. f11 to f16, 1/125s or so.

 

[Jakob]

I love these pictures! Absolutely amazing! Thank you!

Later,

Jake

 

[ArachKnight]

Nice set of photos

Those are some of the best spider photos I've ever seen! Well done! Any more pics of jumpers?

Joel

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hmm

Pic number one looks like L. geometricus but then again seeing were you come from I'm not sure there are any in that area(or am I wrong?)

any ways yeah very nice spiders I specially like number three awesome shot

 

[Venom]

Yes, A. tepidariorum looks very similar to L.geometricus. They have slightly different patternings and abdomen shapes, however, and the geometricus is not known to be in her area. You can also see sort of sideways that the spider lacks the prominent orange-red hourglass that L. geometricus has.

 

[cricket54]

Your first picture is what the female brown house spiders I
have here look like. Some are darker colored then others,
but they are all a mottled brown color.
Sharon