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Spider - Erigone - male

Spider - Erigone - Male
Coquitlam, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
January 3, 2010
Size: 4mm

From Rod Crawford:
You have the genus right. While it puts me in mind of E. capra, the
front leg stands in the way of a good view of the palp, plus there's
no habitat info, so I can't go beyond genus with any reliability.

 
It was just on a split-rail f
It was just on a split-rail fence adjacent to a creek. Forest cover is cedar and alder.

 
From Rod Crawford:
I'm afraid this habitat still leaves several possibilities open,
including capra.

 
Habitat
I should add that Rod himself writes some of the most interesting (and entertaining) notes in his field collecting journal, and his photographs of the various habitats are super. He's a one-man "Make Washington your next stop"-tourism trade show.

Here is the most recent entry:
http://crawford.tardigrade.net/journal/album7629.html

-Kevin

 
Yes Interesting
I enjoy his journal. Did you see that Wubana suprema?!

 
Thanks Lynette (and Rod).
Thanks Lynette (and Rod).

Sean, more great images like this are always welcome. With the right lighting, a little luck, and a good side view of the pedipalp, a species determination might even be possible in the future.

(But Rod's comment is a good reminder to us all: we -- counting myself, as well -- easily neglect writing habitat notes here.)

-K

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Erigone
Genus Erigone; there are numerous species. One possibility I would think is certainly Erigone atra (or E. dentipalpis), but I doubt that an accurate determination of species is possible without having the pedipalp under a microscope.

(Nice image!)

-Kevin

 
...
Thanks!

Erigoninae.
This is a "dwarf spider," family Linyphiidae, subfamily Erigoninae. Awesome image given their small size.

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