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Callobius bennetti
Photo#8925
Copyright © 2004
Julia Volkman
Ground spider -
Callobius bennetti
Western, Massachusetts, USA
June 30, 2004
This guy was only about 1 cm long total.
Contributed by
Julia Volkman
on 6 December, 2004 - 9:33am
Last updated 21 January, 2006 - 2:45pm
Male hackled-band weaver
This is definitely a male spider, as evidenced by his swollen palps, loaded with sperm and ready to go:-) Looks to be one of the hackled-band weavers, in what used to be the family Amaurobiidae. Might still be, but the taxonomy of spiders has been drastically overhauled in the last ten years. Anyway, hackled-band weavers do not spin sticky silk. Instead, they comb out silken threads in such a manner that they generate static electricity that helps trap prey. They also have a special spinning organ called a cribellum, in addition to the usual spinnerets. The cribellum spits out the special silk.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 6 December, 2004 - 10:21am
Wow
Thanks for the info.
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Julia Volkman
, 6 December, 2004 - 10:48am