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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Anapidae » Gertschanapis » Gertschanapis shantzi
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Gertschanapis shantzi  - Gertschanapis shantzi - female
Copyright © 2019 Tobias Hays

Gertschanapis shantzi  - Gertschanapis shantzi - Female
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
June 13, 2019
Size: 1.3 mm
Single female located in small horizontal sheet web built between dead leaves on ground in deeply shaded region of Quercus-Pseudotsuga forest. Another individual female was found around 7 meters away, with a spherical cluster of eggs that it attempted to carry while taking cover.

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Contributed by Tobias Hays on 14 June, 2019 - 12:42pm
Last updated 1 September, 2023 - 5:06pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 18 June, 2019 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 14 June, 2019 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Very cool.
I created the taxonomy so it can be filed now, but I'll leave it up to you if you want to leave it here or move it to Araneae (people interested in spiders look there) for a few days so people see it.
… Laura P., 14 June, 2019 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I'm ecstatic about fi
Thanks! I'm ecstatic about finding this little spider. I think the Araneae board might be q good location for those who can make a positive ID.
… Tobias Hays, 14 June, 2019 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
I was surprised ...
the family wasn't already on the site because I felt like I'd seen it a bunch of times before and I just now realized why. The first edition of "Spiders of North America" has a male G. shantzi right on the front cover.
… Laura P., 14 June, 2019 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Also I meant ...
to hold off on filing just to show it off, I don't doubt the ID.
… Laura P., 14 June, 2019 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay then Haha, it is an inte
Okay then Haha, it is an interesting specimen. I'm hoping to get some better images of it with a dissecting scope soon.
… Tobias Hays, 14 June, 2019 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

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