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Neriene digna a spider common in the Bay area in the spring time and scary looking.

Family: (see others of same spider family here) Linyphiidae

"Money spider"

There are lots of linyphiids, and the taxonomy is a real mess. Linyphiid webs are usually flat sheets under which the spider hangs. The picture at right is of a courting pair of Neriene digna (male on the left), which seems to be particularly common in the Bay Area in the spring.

website for California spider index

Photo cc Stephen Lew Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5