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spider - Sergiolus
Copyright © 2009 Bo Z

spider - Sergiolus
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2009

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Contributed by Bo Z on 7 July, 2009 - 8:59pm
Last updated 25 July, 2009 - 11:35am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 July, 2009 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Sergiolus sp. (Gnaphosidae)
… John Sloan, 8 July, 2009 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, and I think that with lo
Yes, and I think that with location and dorsal pattern we may be able to come up with the species. If I remember correctly, these are IDed from pattern -- or am I thinking of Castianeira?

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 July, 2009 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

 
Sergiolus capulatus?
Looking at Platnick and Shadab, I think that the most likely candidate is Sergiolus capulatus, but I do not know how certain one can be of this -- the patterns do vary.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 8 July, 2009 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look close
But I'm not sure about the patterns, either. Look at the difference between the abdominal patterns in Bo's 1st and 2nd pictures, for example. Variation within a species, or two different species? I don't know enough about these spiders to say.
… John Sloan, 8 July, 2009 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Never mind
Bo has put up the correct picture, now, of the same spider - same pattern.
… John Sloan, 8 July, 2009 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

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