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Metellina segmentata Male Metellina segmentata. (Found: Sweden. ) Female Metellina segmentata spider. (Found: Sweden. ) Male Metellina segmentata, side view. (Found: Buskhyttan Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 ) Male Metellina segmentata spider, head-on view. (Found: Sweden. ) Eyes of a female Metellina segmentata. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Male Metellina segmentata. (Found: Sweden. ) Male Metellina segmentata. (Found: Sweden. ) Male Metellina segmentata from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Female Metellina segmentata from below. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Close-up of the epigyne of the same photo as above. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Palps, head-on view, of a male Metellina segmentata. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2006 ) Palps of a male Metellina segmentata, side view. (Found: Buskhyttan Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 ) Poo from a male Metellina segmentata. :-) (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Sep 2007 ) Tarsus and metatarsus of a male Metellina segmentata. (Found: Buskhyttan Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 ) Male Metellina segmentata, about 4,5 mm. (Found: Buskhyttan Sörmland Sweden. June 2008 )

Facts: Family: Tetragnathidae Scientific name: Metellina segmentata Common name: Autumn spider Metellina (or Meta) segmentata. A coulorful stretch spider that builds orb webs. Often seen at late summer/autumn.

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