Lynx Spider ? - Larinia

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Moved from Spiders. I agree this is our best guess at this time. If you see more of these this summer I'd like to have more images. I have a feeling this one is a male, but without more views I can't be sure.

… Lynette Elliott, 7 March, 2013 - 8:53am

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Moved from ID Request. Interesting. Any chance you took more images? I'd like to see more of this spider. Do you have any shots of the 'face' showing they eyes from the front? Also, can you give a size estimate? I think Larinia is a good guess at this time, I'd just like to look at it a bit longer before moving.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 March, 2013 - 8:34am

Thank you

to everyone for all of the help. The only other photo is exactly the same angle, and does not appear to show any new information to me (other than the 2nd distal tibial joint on the left side, but that's already visible on the right side). I could perhaps make a close up of the eyes from above on this photo if that would help. I calculate this was 7 mm cephalothorax-abdomen. Thanks again.

… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 6 March, 2013 - 8:54am

Sure

please do post the top view of the eyes. Thanks.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 March, 2013 - 8:58am

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I've added the close up. Thank you.

… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 6 March, 2013 - 10:26am

Larinia?

I think this may rather be an orb weaver in genus Larinia. The long tibiae and slender form make me think of L. directa? Let's see what others think though, I'm far from sure. The coloration is odd.

… Kyron Basu, 5 March, 2013 - 11:41pm

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I was thinking it looked like an Orb Weaver too, not sure about Larinia. I was just looking through Tetragnathidae. I don't recognize it.

… Laura P., 5 March, 2013 - 11:52pm

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The proportions, carapace shape, median eyes (the trapezoidal structure with the PMEs closer together) and fuzziness are what made me think of Larinia. They can have a similarly spiny look too:

… Kyron Basu, 6 March, 2013 - 12:17am

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Now I see the resemblance with that image. I think all the ones I clicked on were female and too fuzzy. :)

… Laura P., 6 March, 2013 - 12:43am