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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Philodromus » Philodromus dispar
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Spider on poppy petal - Philodromus dispar
Copyright © 2019 chandaiman69

Spider on poppy petal - Philodromus dispar
Richmond, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 10, 2019
Size: body about 5mm
Found it sunning on a poppy petal.
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Contributed by chandaiman69 on 10 May, 2019 - 10:02pm
Last updated 11 May, 2019 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 11 May, 2019 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

The inflated palps at the front
that look like boxing gloves is an indicator of a male. He uses them to transfer sperm to the female. But in this case the male and female are sexually dimorphic, so you can tell just from the color pattern.
… john and jane balaban, 11 May, 2019 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot. Sexual dimorph
Thanks a lot.
Sexual dimorphism makes sex ID much easier.
… chandaiman69, 11 May, 2019 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of
Philodromus dispar, male
… john and jane balaban, 10 May, 2019 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Bingo ! That's it. Thank you
Bingo ! That's it. Thank you very much.
How do you tell it is male or female ?
… chandaiman69, 10 May, 2019 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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