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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Hentzia » Hentzia grenada
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Hentzia palmarum - Hentzia grenada - male
Copyright © 2009 Odin Toness

Hentzia palmarum - Hentzia grenada - Male
Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
July 13, 2009
Size: 6 mm
Are the blue marks on leg 1 an artifact of the photography or is it characteristic of males of this species?
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Contributed by Odin Toness on 14 July, 2009 - 1:42pm
Last updated 20 August, 2009 - 10:34pm

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… Jay Barnes, 20 August, 2009 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

Not palmarum...
This is Hentzia Grenada.

Not positive, but I think the blue marks are just the result of thin film interference/iridescence created by the inner and outer layers of the cuticle of certain spiders. So, an optical illusion of sorts, and not from actual pigment. Maybe similar to what I photographed in the last two images here.

This link might give a more practical description.
… Jay Barnes, 17 July, 2009 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

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