Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae) » Sergiolus » Sergiolus montanus
Photo#415150
Ground spider in a tree - Sergiolus montanus - female
Copyright © 2010 Lynette Elliott

Ground spider in a tree - Sergiolus montanus - Female
Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail, Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
June 22, 2010
Size: ~ 10 mm
This ground spider was found about 4 feet up in a fir tree. It killed the male spider from a web on the end of a fir tree branch.

Images of this individual: tag all
Ground spider in a tree - Sergiolus montanus - female Ground spider in a tree - Sergiolus montanus - female Ground spider in a tree - Sergiolus montanus - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 June, 2010 - 7:58pm
Last updated 19 February, 2012 - 3:32am

Moved
Moved from Ground Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 July, 2010 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

From Rod Crawford:
Your ground spider was obviously one of our Poecilochroa (Sergiolus)
species, but the pattern is so atypical that I had to compare it with
a spectrum of specimens before concluding that it's probably montanus.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 July, 2010 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Sergiolus (montanus), perhaps
Sergiolus (montanus), perhaps?

Sergiolus (assuming that that is what this is) have a really short tibia. Nice images!

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 22 June, 2010 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

..
Very interesting!
… John Sloan, 22 June, 2010 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact