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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Slender Crab Spiders (Tibellus) » Tibellus oblongus

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Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Araneae 05 - Tibellus oblongus

Near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 29, 2008

A large Araneae specimen waiting for prey on the blade of long grass in the evening

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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 15 July, 2008 - 12:09am
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 10:42pm

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Karl Volkman, 12 September, 2008 - 2:53pm

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From Rod Craword:

"Certainly a Tibellus and probably oblongus. The paired spots on the
rear of the abdomen eliminate maritimus, and our other 2 species
chamberlini and gertschi live mainly in sagebrush country."

… Lynette Elliott, 6 September, 2008 - 10:59pm

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Tibellus oblongus

I am fairly certain this is Tibellus oblongus. See comparison image

… Lynette Elliott, 19 July, 2008 - 11:18am

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Looks good to me.

Looks good to me.

… Jebus31, 19 July, 2008 - 12:30pm

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How large is this spider?

How large is this spider?

Can you get any more pictures of the same or similar specimens? Maybe a better shot of the eyes?

I almost want to say this might be one of the Nursery Web spiders, but I can't say for sure.

I don't believe it to be an orb weaver, and the legs don't look like Tibellus to me either.

… Jebus31, 15 July, 2008 - 10:37am

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Not an ID but it reminds me o

Not an ID but it reminds me of of the Running Crab Spider, Tibellus.

… Sharon Warner, 15 July, 2008 - 8:57am

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Tibellus was really our first thought also,

but we couldn't get past those spiny legs, which seem so wrong for a Philodromid. We're just confused by this one!

… john and jane balaban, 15 July, 2008 - 9:45am

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Our first thought was the

Orb Weaver, Larinia, but we didn't find a match. maybe you have another species of Larinia out there??? (Or we could be miles off!)

… john and jane balaban, 15 July, 2008 - 12:19am

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Hmmm...

I have seen several specimens now while in my back pasture/meadow looking for things to photograph and have never seen webs for these. They seem to prefer waiting for prey on the blades of grass.

… Karl Volkman, 15 July, 2008 - 12:29am

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