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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Colonus » Colonus puerperus
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female Thiodina puerpera - Colonus puerperus - female
Copyright © 2009 dragonfly12

female Thiodina puerpera - Colonus puerperus - Female
Shelby Park, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: ~9mm
I believe this is another female ''Thiodina puerpera''. However, it's abdomen looks quite different than the other ones I've caught. In particular it doesn't have much hair on its abdomen and thus is lacking the typical "stripes". Does that mean that this is probably an older specimen?

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female Thiodina puerpera - Colonus puerperus - female female Thiodina puerpera - Colonus puerperus - female
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Contributed by dragonfly12 on 16 June, 2009 - 12:17pm
Last updated 31 May, 2010 - 12:23pm

Moved
Moved from Thiodina.
… dragonfly12, 31 May, 2010 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders. Feel free to move to species page if confident of ID.
… Ken Schneider, 22 August, 2009 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Could be age
or possibly its previous molt occurring under poor circumstances.

You might get a better view of the internal epigynal structure if you can prevent light from hitting the ventral surface during exposure.
… Jay Barnes, 16 June, 2009 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks for the tip. BTW, have you gotten any of my emails to you? Just curious since you've never replied to any of them.
… dragonfly12, 17 June, 2009 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, sorry, I started to repl
Yes, sorry, I started to reply last night but had to get to bed. Will reply shortly.
… Jay Barnes, 17 June, 2009 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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