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Spit-balls - Dictis striatipes - female
Copyright © 2017 Bob Biagi

Spit-balls - Dictis striatipes - Female
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2015
Size: 5mm
These are images of a Spitting Spider that I believe is a female Scytodes lugubris. I'm including a few ventral shots.
Note, the legs have thin, longitudinal dorsal and ventral stripes. This feature is not seen in most other species.
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Contributed by Bob Biagi on 3 April, 2017 - 11:43pm
Last updated 30 May, 2017 - 8:53am

Moved
Moved from Scytodes.
… Bob Biagi, 8 April, 2017 - 9:10pm

Here are more examples to compare her with:
southern Arizona: ♀ Males from the same county: ♂ More males from southern Arizona: ♂
California: ♂ Nevada: ♀ These two from Texas have some similar patterns: ♂ ♀ (legs and body)
… Bob Biagi, 8 April, 2017 - 7:39pm

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