Bowl and doily spider
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The Bowl and Doily spiders (Frontinella pyramitela, family: Linyphiidae) are small (about 4 mm. or 2/10 inch) spiders that weave a fairly complex sheet web system consisting of an inverted dome shaped web ("bowl") suspended above a horizontal sheet web ("doily").
External link
Frontinella pyramitela web (photo) (http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/SpiderPictures/Linyphiidae/Frontinella%20pyramitela%20web.htm)