Unidentified male spider

[angmarwitch]

well, the first has decided to show himself in our cloakroom.
Probably a tengenaria sp. but who knows?






Was quite a linford, so images not brilliant quality

[thes3raph1m]

id go with dysdera crocata, the woodlouse spider.

tegnaria are a lot larger than that you have shown there

[Venger]

Hmm pictures aren't really clear enough, but it looks to be a member of the Clubionidae
Need a closer, sharper picture

There is no scale thes3raph1m, so you don't know how big this one is! (it's not a Tegenaria by the way, nor is it D.crocata)

[Meta menardi]

I think the size of spinnerets make a Teg more likely than a Clubionidae.

I would rule out Dysdera crocata, where is the pale abdomen, the red cephalothorax?

Need better photos and some idea of scale.

[Action_Man]

It looks similar to one ID`s for me recently, which was Scotophaeus blackwalli, i think from memory ...

[thes3raph1m]

i only said dysdera cause i had an almost identical spider on here before you all id'd as dysdera... my mistake

[Venger]

Which post thes3raph1m? can you provide a link.

[No.9 Spider]

When I saw this posted last night I immediately thought Clubionidae, (given the characteristics and cardiac mark/pattern) absolutely not Tegenaria or Dysdera.
Oddly enough I was having second thoughts and was pondering upon Scotophaeus blackwalli as Action-Man made his posting. Currently I'm still inclined toward Scotophaeus blackwalli though having only ever collected females and never a male I cannot rely on personal experience and there's still the cardiac area pattern that I'm undecided about.


No.9 Spider

[angmarwitch]

sorry about picture quality, he was up on the ceiling, running away from me and i was on working on macro setting whilst balancing on the loo seat cover
body length, both segments was about 10mm if this helps with scale.

[The Woodman]

How about Clubonia reclusa?