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13-04-2011, 03:08 PM
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| | | Male crab spider? Aaaand another one..
I've got a ickle spider, measuring bang on 0.4cm. Non-descript brown and beige, with an unbroken pale stripe running around the side and back of the abdomen to the spinnerets, which don't protrude much (though it is quite difficult to tell even with a hand lense on such a small specimen).
I thought it might be a small male crab spider or something a little 'interesting' as the abdomen itself is a sort of elongated triangle, and when seen from the back actually forms a triangle, but is not as pronounced as that of most crab spiders I've seen. Could this be a juvenile male crab spider?
Thanks all,
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13-04-2011, 06:54 PM
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| | | Re: Male crab spider? Possibly Xysticus sp. from abdomen description, even a photo on this species would not give a 100% i.d.
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13-04-2011, 08:30 PM
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| | | Re: Male crab spider? A male Misumena vatia may also be worth a look. I did find one last week in my garden. And a few females are also around. |  | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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