Vineyard near McMinnville, and an abandonded hazelnut orchard in Amity Oregon.

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Very nice! There aren't a lot of places where you can find both of those Argiope species together.
 

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They weren't too close together. Maybe 50 miles apart. Still pretty sweet though. I was at work when I took these pictures. I work for an entomologist, and so I get to drive all over the Willamette Valley every week. :) Everything was found today at our sites.
 

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Ah, the Willamette Valley -- I love that area, nestled between the Coast Ranges and the Cascades. I scoured the valley in July 2004 searching for females of Antrodiaetus occultus, a mygalomorph spider that was only known from the males. I finally found it near Corvallis.

They weren't too close together. Maybe 50 miles apart. Still pretty sweet though. I was at work when I took these pictures. I work for an entomologist, and so I get to drive all over the Willamette Valley every week. :) Everything was found today at our sites.
 

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Ha! I live in Corvallis. :D Now, I am going to seriously have to find this mygalomorph. You have given me a mission!
 

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Ha! I live in Corvallis. :D Now, I am going to seriously have to find this mygalomorph. You have given me a mission!
It will be easier to go into the mountains. You can find Antrodiaetus pacificus ALL OVER out there.
 

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That is so awesome! I had no idea that they were in the Northwest!
 

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That is so awesome! I had no idea that they were in the Northwest!
There are all sorts of mygals in Oregon, mostly Antrodiaetus (at least 10 species I can think of off hand plus an undescribed species in the Blue Mountains), and some mecicobothriids, too.
 

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I've just been searching for these on the net, and found a paper of yours. :) So far my searches have told me that I can pretty much find them anywhere. Is that right?

Actually, now that I think about it. I'm going to have to get to identifying some of the spiders I've recently caught. Who knows what I'm missing out on because I just didn't take the time to look them up.
 

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I've just been searching for these on the net, and found a paper of yours. :) So far my searches have told me that I can pretty much find them anywhere. Is that right?

Actually, now that I think about it. I'm going to have to get to identifying some of the spiders I've recently caught. Who knows what I'm missing out on because I just didn't take the time to look them up.
They have microhabitat preferences, but once you know what to look for, they are everywhere. I don't know what paper you found, but if you find the one about the two species in NC, that will tell you a little about what to look for (A. pacificus and A. unicolor are similar ecologically).
 
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