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Web Building Spiders

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Achaearanea angulithorax, or Tsurigane Himegumo <Theridiidae>. photo: 08/2001, Tokyo, Japan.
Common House Spider (eating a pill bug), Oo Himegumo or Achaearanea tepidariorum <Theridiidae>. photo: 07/2002, Suginami, Japan.
Nephila sp. <Agelenidae>. photo: 08/2002, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia.

A Tangle Web Spider [1], Achaearancea japonica or Himegumo <Theridiidae>. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified Spider [1][2]. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.

An Orb-weaver Spider [1], Cyclosa argenteoalba or Ginmekki Gomigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 05/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified Spider [1][2]. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.
Unidentified Spider [1][2]. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.

Coelotes sp., or Yachigumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 05/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified 'Saragumo' Spider <Linyphiidae>. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.
An Orb-weaver Spider [2][3] Cyclosa argenteoalba or Ginmekki Gomigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

A Tangle Web Spider [2] Achaearancea japonica or Himegumo <Theridiidae>. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan.
A Long-jawed Orb-Weaver, Tetraghatha praedonia or Ashinaga gumo <Tetragnathidae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
An Araneomorph Funnel-web Spider [1][2], Agelena opulenta or ko kusagumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

A Long-jawed Orb Weaver <Tetragnathidae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
A Dictynid Spider, Dictyna felis or Nekohagumo <Dictynidae>. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
A Tangle Web Spider [3][4], Achaearancea japonica or Himegumo <Theridiidae>. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan.

An Orb-weaver Spider [1][2], Argiope minuta, or Kogata Koganegumo <Araneidae>. photo: 07/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
An Orb-weaver Spider [1], Aegiope bruennichii, or Naga Koganegumo <Araneidae>. photo: 07/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
An Araneomorph Funnel-web Spider [3][4], Agelena opulenta or ko kusagumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Orb-weaver Spider [1][2]. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.
Unidentified Spider [1][2] <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.

Yaginumia sia, or Zuguro Onigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.
An Orb-weaver Spider, Cyclosa ginnaga, or Ginnaga Gomigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 07/2004, Tokyo, Japan.

Dictyna felis [2], or Nekohagumo <Dictynidae>. photo: 07/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Spider [1][2]. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.
Unidentified Orb-weaver Spider [1][2] <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname.

Unidentified Spider. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.
A Long-jawed Orb Weaver, Tetragnatha caudicula or Togari Ashinagagumo <Tetragnathidae>. photo: 10/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Coelotes sp. [1][2], or Yachi-gumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 02/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Cyclosa argenteoalba [4][5], or Ginmekki Gomigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
Cyclosa sedeculata, or Yotsude Gomigumo <Araneidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
Agelena limbata (immature), or kusagumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. An Orb-weaver Spider [2] Aegiope bruennichii or Naga Koganegumo <Agelenidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.

Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. An Orb-weaver Spider, Aegiope boesenbergi, or Chûgata Koganegumo <Araneidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.
An Orb-weaver Spider, Cyrtophora moluccensis, or Suzumi Gumo <Araneidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.

Unidentified [1][2] <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand.

Unidentified <Araneidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. A Long-jawed Orb Weaver [1][2][3], or Uroko Ashinagagumo <Tetragnathidae>. photo: 04/2007, Tokyo, Japan.
A Disc Web Spider, or Hirata-Gumo <Oecobiidae>. photo: 05/2007, Tokyo, Japan.

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