He should know! :-)

(And you obviously knew, too, to give credit where credit is due.) :-)

-K

all my guesses are based on someone else's previous ID. I can definitely get these wrong. :)

Hmmm, Kaston says:

2a) Posterior eyes in a slightly recurved line; equidistant, or the PME farther from each other than from the PLE... Philodromus

2b) Posterior eyes in a strongly recurved line; the PME farther from the PLE than each other... Thanatus/Tibellus

They do seem strongly recurved and perhaps the PME are farther from the PLE than from each other [but not really, in this young specimen], but as we know, keys only really help those who already know the answer, and I've certainly not looked at enough of these to say that. :-)

So, will be curious to see what we find out (or what others think).

-K

but here is one..

Here are a couple images of the spider I had, immediately after a molt and then later on (ignore the links in the first message and scroll down to see the images)...
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=81379

-K

I'm going to ask our local spider expert. I could defintely be wrong with dispar, I'm basing that on the number of male dispars running around.

Here's the closest P. dispar that I can find in the BG...


For my eyes, the shape of the posterior of the abdomen is different and the legs (esp. II) are too short to match up to your specimen...


Let us know what you find out.

-K (hey, those were my first thumbnails here -- that's easy)

the first one above is male and a juvenile.

But I'm guessing your specimen is also a young male juvenile... you think not? It looks like the beginning of a darkening and swelling on the palps (at least to me).

Ah, the riddle grows (or Kevin's confusion). ;-)

Hmm, maybe you are right -- I'm not feeling so sure about my comment on the shape of the abdomen. Still, my gut feeling was that I've seen this spider before. Of course, being in the same family would do that, wouldn't it. :-) (Okay, I promise, no more messages on this from me today.)

-K

but if it is, it certainly does look different than the last juvenile male dispar I photographed.

Hi, Lynette-

I saw a couple male P. dispar that someone in my German forum found, and they have a very distinct look -- so I think you can safely ignore my comments here regarding gender. :-)