Beat from pine tree - also posted to BG here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1363650
Dipoena malkini male (Theridiidae), Stulsaft Park, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California - 13 July 2013. I brushed this small adult male spider (about 2 mm long) from an oak tree trunk and later collected it for identification purposes. A series of images of the preserved spider are linked to this image on Bug Guide here:
bugguide.net/node/view/804107
Observation for the spider
Normally I wouldn't just post a portrait, but I think there's enough detail in the palp tibia to confirm from this image.
The spider was on a cedar tree covered in lichen. I accidentally brushed against him while repositioning myself for a dorsal image and he dropped off the trunk somewhere into the leaf litter.
Hakai, Quadra Island, BC, Canada
In General Store sign. Big orb weaver, chocolate brown.
Collected.
Extracted from moss via Berlese funnel. Identified with help of @dccopley and deposited at RBCM