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Photo#258506
protecting genetics 1 - Philodromus dispar
Copyright © 2009 David Wilbur

protecting genetics 1 - Philodromus dispar
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
July 1, 2008
Very calm spider happily stayed over it's egg sack while I cut the Crocosmia leaf and brought it inside for closeups.

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protecting genetics 1 - Philodromus dispar protecting genetics 2 - Philodromus dispar Philodromus? - Philodromus dispar
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Contributed by David Wilbur on 15 March, 2009 - 11:12am
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 8:35am

Rod Crawford ID;
258507 is definitely dispar because there practically isn't any other
Philodromus inside Seattle city limits.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 August, 2009 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Philodromus.
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2009 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

Philodromus dispar?
I've had spiders ID'd from this general area as Philodromus dispar. See
If you want a confirmed ID from an expert you should take female epigynum close-ups and male palp close-ups (from the side, I think). I regularly ask Rod Crawford for help with the spiders in the NW.
… Lynette Elliott, 15 March, 2009 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Thanks John and Jane, If th
Thanks John and Jane,
If the closeup eye pattern looks consistent with Philodromus to you, I'll move it there.
David
… David Wilbur, 15 March, 2009 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be something in the Philodromidae
maybe even Philodromus
… john and jane balaban, 15 March, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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