Many spiders living together in a single web in California... What Species?

Subject: Many spiders living together in a single web in California... What Species?

Date: Mon Jun 4 16:26:46 2001
Posted by Thomas
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: Fullerton State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 991686406.Zo

Message:


In Southern California (Santa Ana) a large shed in my mothers back yard 
contains a colony of spiders. The single web covers much of the inside of the 
structure. There are at least 50 spiders (Thin body, light brown, long legs, 
overall leg span 2-3 inches, body 1/4 - 1/2 inch) living in this web. I have 
seen them feeding on the same insect at the same time. What species are they. I 
thought spiders were solitaries, not cooperative.

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