Couple of spiders for ID

Action_Man · #1 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 02:35 PM

This a Sac spider( obviously ), about 7mms long, and has an unusual greeny cephalothorax, it fell out of a piece of garden furniture, which i`m preparing for summer (

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This was found in my kitchen, wandering about on the wall, its about 6mms long

dmclean2 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 03:33 PM

Hi Gordon,
I'll have a go at Gnaphosidae for your first pic, either Drassodes or Scotaphaeus, the anterior median eyes look larger than the others favouring Scotphaeus spp, examination of the epigyne would give you the species, but I would wait for a better ID from one of the other guys,
Duncan

Action_Man · #3 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 05:13 PM

You know i never though of looking at Gnaphosidae, my train of thought went straight to Clubionidae, i know there pretty closely related and will look through my books later

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