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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Thanatus » Thanatus formicinus
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spider - Thanatus formicinus
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

spider - Thanatus formicinus
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 7, 2010
Wolf spider?

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 12 November, 2010 - 6:11pm
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 11:05pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… John Sloan, 12 November, 2010 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Are these sorted by range? I have one that I can't ID
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2010 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Might be one
According to Kaston T. formicinus is the "commonest Thanatus" in nearby Connecticut, so that may be what you have. Yours certainly looks like the ones I've seen (compare it with the male I identified from Alberta). Did you save it for Kevin?
… John Sloan, 12 November, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I think I did save it. I see some get sorted (like this one you IDed) but I keep trying to figure out what the key features are for ID. Does it show some feature or just based on commoness.
… John R. Maxwell, 14 November, 2010 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
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I was going partly by commoness, but also on the basis that I couldn't find any differences between this and our photos of confirmed specimens. Markings on the abdomen, carapace, legs, etc, all match as far as I can see.
… John Sloan, 15 November, 2010 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

Hmmm...
Thanatus ???
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2010 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

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