Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#343827
Toothy! - Mermessus tridentatus - male

Toothy! - Mermessus tridentatus - Male
Chicopee watershed (452 E10), Unknown County, Massachusetts, USA
July 23, 2008
Size: tiny
Taken in a pitfall trap as part of an ongoing project to assess the ecosystem health of forested watersheds. Identification accomplished with Spiders of Connecticut by B. J. Kaston (1948). The teeth on the ectal (outside) margin of the chelicerae are relatively diagnostic, moreso when coupled with the configuration of the palp. Image taken through a microscope at approximately 60X.

Images of this individual: tag all
Palp - Mermessus tridentatus - male Toothy! - Mermessus tridentatus - male