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16-10-2009, 03:12 PM
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this rather handsome beast was found in a shell at slapton sands on wednesday. any chance of an ID.
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16-10-2009, 03:38 PM
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I don't know the species but have to agree on how handsome it is. Is it rather salty looking or is that my computer?
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16-10-2009, 03:42 PM
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16-10-2009, 06:56 PM
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Ah! but, those eyes do remind me of a Crab Spider.
The best I can suggest at the moment is Diaea dorsata but I'm not at all certain about the colouration; although it could be a male, but I can't quite clearly see the relevant bits.
Perhaps all that salt air has turned it's abdomen green!
The southern location would fit but I think it is more frequently found on trees.
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16-10-2009, 07:26 PM
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Possibly Arctosa cinerea? or Arctosa Sp. one of the Lycosidae (Wolf spiders). Not at home at present so no books to hand.
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16-10-2009, 08:25 PM
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Thanks for looking guys and gals.
Just a little more info, did a quick measure and i'd guesstimate between 10-12mm nose to tail (no legs) and more grey than the greenish tinge my phone camera may have given it.
Chris
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17-10-2009, 08:06 PM
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I thought that Arctosa was a cool species from the north, or high ground but I could be wrong. Except A. perita which is possible although the colouration is a bit suspect and slightly smaller than your size estimate; but I wouldn't discount it.
If we are now considering a greyish species which lives on shingle and you would reduce your size estimate to 8 or 9 mm then I would also return to something I considered originally. A rather grey form of Pardosa agricola.
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17-10-2009, 10:04 PM
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Arctosa cinerea certainly doesn't tally with the BAS distribution maps, it was the look of the spider that brought that species to mind. Having said that it reminds me of a species of wolf spider I collected at Newborough Warren on Anglesey some years ago. Something to check when I get home.
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