A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/16/2014). Verified by Laura P./BugGuide.

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/28/2015).

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2014). Verified by Laura P./BugGuide.

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/11/2015). Determined by Laura P./BugGuide.

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Howard Co., Maryland (5/12/2011).

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/20/2013).

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Filmy Dome Spider in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/18/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 268962 - Psn: 45)

Filmy Dome Spider in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/18/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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Filmy Dome Spider in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/18/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/3/2014). Determined by Lynette Elliott/BugGuide.

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A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/16/2014). Verified by Laura P./BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/28/2015). View Record Details Media by Ashley Bradford.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/30/2014). Verified by Laura P./BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/11/2015). Determined by Laura P./BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Howard Co., Maryland (5/12/2011). View Record Details Media by Bonnie Ott.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/20/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

Filmy Dome Spider in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/18/2019). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist.

A Filmy Dome Spider in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/3/2014). Determined by Lynette Elliott/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

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Filmy dome spider

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Neriene
Species:	N. radiata
Binomial name
*Neriene radiata* (Walckenaer, 1842)

The filmy dome spider (Neriene radiata) is a sheet weaver: a spider in the family Linyphiidae with a holarctic distribution. These spiders construct a dome of fine spider silk and hang upside-down under it, waiting for their prey. It is a preferential host for the kleptoparasitic Argyrodes trigonum.^[1]