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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Sassacus
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Which spider, please? - Sassacus
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Which spider, please? - Sassacus
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 31, 2007
Looks like its prey was another spider.
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 31 May, 2007 - 5:49pm
Last updated 27 March, 2014 - 10:54am

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 27 March, 2014 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Hmmm...
I wonder if this is a Sassacus. Note the leg patterns, the relative compact body, and closely set eyes.

… Chad Heins, 20 February, 2014 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 June, 2007 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Female eating a male??
Female eating a male??
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2007 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
If
so, she seems huge in comparison to what he was.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 24 June, 2007 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
If he was a successful suitor
his genes will be passed on in her eggs while his body will serve to nourish those eggs! An interesting arrangement, but I, John, am glad humans don't use it!
… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2007 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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