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19-01-2008, 06:13 AM
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| | | Tiny spider- adult or spiderling ?
I've found a few of these tiny spiders about 1.5mm body length on my car (a well known nature spot). They look like crab spiders to me but I would have thought it unusual to have spiderlings around this time of year ?
So is it a crab spider and is it a baby or an adult ?
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19-01-2008, 07:02 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny spider- adult or spiderling ?
Personally I'd say it was a juvenile Thomisidae. I'm not sure how long they live though....
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19-01-2008, 07:29 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny spider- adult or spiderling ?
Thanks Venger- do you think it could be a juvenile of the Genus Ozyptila -they seem to be fairly small crab spiders or just a xysticus sp juvenile ?
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19-01-2008, 10:10 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny spider- adult or spiderling ?
It looks similar to the one in the link below, vaguely similar anyway  ... Picture album dimaging - dslreports.com |
19-01-2008, 11:14 AM
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| | | Re: Tiny spider- adult or spiderling ?
Xysticus is the more likely, and cristatus being a common species as well. Always difficult to say 100% positively with it being immature, but I'd rule out Ozyptila as the hairs on the front of the carapace (abdomen and legs as well sometimes) are 'club' shaped in Ozyptila species. Your photo is pretty clear of the carapace and the hairs are regular in shape.
Whether the 'club' shaped hairs appear in maturity I don't know but would think it unlikely.
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