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Male - sod - S.K. 3 - Clubiona abboti - male

Male - sod - S.K. 3 - Clubiona abboti - Male
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
March 7, 2012
Size: BL = 3.7 mm.
Only two photo's of this spider. It is in a pail of sod that has been kept close to 4 C / 41 F for the winter.
14 March. Caught the 3.8 mm spider, now there are to many photo's.

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Moved
Moved from Sac Spiders.

Palp pictures here:

Mature Male, total length
The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 9
Pg.81 C. canadensis - "total length M. 7.05 mm. Abdomen dull red"
Pg.30 C. moesta - "total length M. 4.40 mm. Abdomen dull red, dull yellow or pale grey."
Without a decent photo or two, Clubiona is it.

 
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I once asked one of the authors, Charles Dondale, whether the descriptions in the spiders of Canada books referred to live or preserved spiders. He said mostly preserved. The colors of preserved, or wet, specimens often appear different from live specimens; for example, the reds on the abdomen of a wet specimen might not be so obvious on a live, dry one. Kevin posted some dry vs wet pics of a C. riparia that show this difference very well:


So, I think it's best when using these books to rely on the descriptions and measurements of features that are not affected by being in alcohol, such as number of leg spines, configuration of the palp, epigyne and other body parts, etc.

 
Agreed. With everything.
For fun, search Google Images for Clubiona moesta. The results are useless to me. I've never seen anything like that in the wild.
Bug Guide alows me to see and compare and think I've found it, then read more and perhaps learn something. That's what I enjoy most.
(Note to Kevin. B.L. of C. riparia?) :)

 
Yes, yes -- thanks for the re
Yes, yes -- thanks for the reality check, Steve. For some reason I didn't even consider the size. And there are many Clubiona species.

 
14 to choose from
Thank you for showing me where to start looking.
Reality check. A Bar tender phoned me Tuesday, "The ants are back, I've been pouring Pepsi on the furnace room floor for you." Should I have planned on this a year ago?
I snuck into my garage after dark last night, carefuly opened the pail and found this spider half way up the side. Now it's in its own private container, with 6 ants.
I never seem to take one picture that shows all the details, please frass the useless ones for me.

 
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I posted some pics of an adult male C. canadensis a while back you can compare your spider with (though I agree that it might be something else):

I wonder if C. riparia might be another possibility? I just ID'd an adult male of that species the other night. It's a little smaller than canadensis, and has the slightly more forward-projecting chelicerae that I think I see in your spider.

I hope you can send me this one, as I'd like very much to see the palp!

 
It's on your list
That's good, I'd like you to see it. Dimensions of C.kastoni as well, so for now, C. will do.

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Yes
Yes, Clubiona. Looks like a mature male, so he may not hang around much longer. One possibility, given the locality, might be C. canadensis.

 
Hang around
Thank's for the ID. By hang around, do you mean end of life?

 
No; he may head off in search
No; he may head off in search of female companionship.

Might be Clubionidae
Let's see what others say

 
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Thank you. Again, others agree.

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