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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Ebo » Ebo pepinensis
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Crab Spider - Ebo pepinensis
Copyright © 2015 Alice Abela

Crab Spider - Ebo pepinensis
Ocean Beach, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 7, 2015
Size: Legspan ~1.5cm
Found in beach bur in coastal sandy foredune habitat

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Crab Spider - Ebo pepinensis Crab Spider - Ebo pepinensis
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 7 January, 2015 - 9:30pm
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 12 January, 2015 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

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Pretty one.
… Laura P., 9 January, 2015 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Excellent!
Wonder if we can get Marshal to take a look at it?
… john and jane balaban, 8 January, 2015 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
I.D.
I asked Marshal about the spider through flickr and he agreed that it looked right for E. pepinensis.
… Alice Abela, 11 January, 2015 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Running Crab
something like Ebo maybe?
Wish we knew them better, but someone who does has a good view of the eyes and leg spines, so they should be able to make an ID
… john and jane balaban, 7 January, 2015 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with
Philodromidae. I'm unfamiliar with taxa in California though so I'd have to do some additional digging to help further.
… Chad Heins, 12 January, 2015 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
I think Marshal Hedin ...
already IDed this as E. pepinensis, it's just waiting for a page to be made.
… Laura P., 12 January, 2015 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Could be...
That looks like a good possibility. I've found a few of these, but this is the first one that looks mature. All individuals have been in sandy foredune habitat and found in beach bur (Ambrosia chamissonis). If they help with ID, I can cross post:

Another shot of this individual:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/16226516772/sizes/k/

An immature from the Oso Flaco dunes in San Luis Obispo County:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/15970662011/sizes/k/
… Alice Abela, 7 January, 2015 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Ebo pepinensis
Looks nearly identical to the specimen in this photo by Marshal Hedin and shares the same habitat association: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebo_pepinensis,_female_(F_Philodromidae)_(4131858085).jpg
… Alice Abela, 7 January, 2015 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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