Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1842)
featherlegged orbweaver
| FAMILY: ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869 Genus: Uloborus Latreille, 1806 Species: Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1842) ![]() |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackled orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
featherlegged orbweaver
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON QC CO IN MO OK SC TX WI
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† (not yet recorded or unknown)
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Bog; old beaver meadow in mixed forest; Horizontal web inderr soffat; Pine in field; Schrubs; Forest floor nr swamp; Meadow; Sandy pine wood; Swamp grass sedges and schrubs; Pine juniper; Pine; Deciduous woods; Damp forest; Tree;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1888. New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 7: 443-458.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Muma, M. H. & W. J. Gertsch. 1964. The spider family Uloboridae in North America north of Mexico. Am. Mus. Novit. 2196: 1-43. 
Opell, B. D. 1979. Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 443-549.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog





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