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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Philodromus
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Spider with eggs and spiderlings - Philodromus - female
Copyright © 2009 Phil Huntley-Franck

Spider with eggs and spiderlings - Philodromus - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
June 29, 2009
Took 3 uneventful weeks from the time I found this spider until the eggs hatched (June 29 to July 20). There was another spider of a similar type doing the same thing about a foot below this one that didn't have such an uneventful time.

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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 4 October, 2009 - 5:22pm
Last updated 6 October, 2009 - 11:07pm

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 6 October, 2009 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

Philodromus
It reminds me a lot of one I found here in Puyallup. However, I'm not sure they could be the same with yours guarding its egg sac in June and mine in August. See image here:
… Lynette Elliott, 4 October, 2009 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I see what you mean,
they do look quite similar. The most distinct difference I see is in the legs. My spider's legs appear longer and thinner. I would wonder is another defining difference where each spider prefers to lay its eggs?
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 4 October, 2009 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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… Lynette Elliott, 4 October, 2009 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Running Crab Spider
in the genus Philodromus
… john and jane balaban, 4 October, 2009 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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