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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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Handsome - Colonus puerperus - male
Copyright © 2011 Gacko

Handsome - Colonus puerperus - Male
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 15, 2011
Male Thiodina sylvana? This was found about ten feet from where I found this one eleven days earlier:

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Contributed by Gacko on 19 April, 2011 - 10:22pm
Last updated 21 April, 2011 - 4:24pm

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Gacko, 21 April, 2011 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

T. puerpera?
I'll be curious to hear what others say -- I've not checked the literature, but after comparing this with known photos, I think this is T. puerpera.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 20 April, 2011 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Kevin . . .Take a
look at Valerie's images and ID dscussion at:

http://www.austinbug.com/salticidae3.html
… Dick Walton, 21 April, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks-
That not only cleared this one up, but by scrolling down the page I solved another mystery of another picture I took in my garden last year. I need to remember to check her site regularly--she's a great teacher!
… Gacko, 21 April, 2011 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I see what you mean--
I'm sure there are more scientific markers, but I'm seeing one with a stripe on the cephalothorax and the other with a "blob."
… Gacko, 20 April, 2011 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

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