Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wall spiders (Oecobiidae) » Wall spiders (Oecobius) » Oecobius maculatus
Photo#1673291
Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male
Copyright © 2019 Ken Schneider

Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - Male
Barstow, San Bernardino County, California, USA
May 31, 2019
Size: 1.5 mm
I found this adult male Oecobius sp. on the wall of a building. I couldn't match the palp to anything in Shear 1970, but thanks to a tip and emailed images from Jeff Hollenbeck and Salvador Vitanza, I think it might be this extralimital species, O. maculatus, which Jeff and Salvador may have also found in Arizona. O. annulipes might also be a possibility?

Images of this individual: tag all
Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male Oecobius cf. maculatus male - Oecobius maculatus - male
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 9 June, 2019 - 4:15pm
Last updated 7 July, 2019 - 3:27pm

Moved
Moved from Wall spiders.

ID suggested by J Hollenbeck and confirmed by J Wunderlich, who was kind enough to look at these images. We are hoping to write this finding up for publication because this observation, as well as S. Vitanza's photos of an AZ male and my reared Colusa County male, appear to be the first records of this species in the New World.
… Ken Schneider, 7 July, 2019 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Link
to Sal’s

Other images close to Ken’s here.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 9 June, 2019 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact