Friday, May 28, 2010

Jumping Spider (Tutelina elegans)

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click for large Tutelina is a small genus of very interesting American salticids that deserve much more study. These spiders, which themsel...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)

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click for large I find a bunch of these guys around, by far the most common jumpers I encounter. I can find two or three with just a two mi...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Wolf Spider (Trochosa terricola)

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click for large I found this spider cleaning out some of the brush alongside my garage. It was a fairly large specimen, about 3/4" in ...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)

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click for large Phidippus audax, my favorite species of Spider. I really love them, in a weird Steve Irwin kind of way. Phidippus audax a...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Female Triangulate Cobweb Spider (Steatoda triangulosa)

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click for large The adult female Triangulate Cobweb Spider is 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, with a brownish-orange cephalothorax and spindly, yell...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Long Legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp.)

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click for large A Long Legged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium sp.) I found in my basement. A lot less menacing than it looks, probably only 3/4 ...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

Wolf Spider (Pardosa sp.)

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click for large Pardosa sp., are also known as Thin-Legged Wolf Spiders. This is a female I caught near my watering hose. It was a fair bi...