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Flashy spider - Neriene digna - male

Flashy spider - Neriene digna - Male
Alameda County, California, USA
April 27, 2010
Size: 4.9 mm
Found in the posture shown, in a sheltered area, a narrow space between the compost bin and a wooden wall next to it.

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Moved
Moved from Neriene.

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Probably can be moved to N. digna - moving to genus level for now...

Neriene?
Something like an N. digna male? I've found these nearby in San Mateo County fairly commonly near buildings.

 
I thought so
He's shaped exactly like an N. digna male, down to the eye pattern and the few hairs rising from the "forehead," but the color is wrong. Perhaps another Neriene species? BG doesn't have photos for all of them.

 
Color -
might be OK for digna. There can be a lot of intraspecies variability in that respect, anyway. Maybe Lynette or one of the other spider folks will comment? Looking at the palp under the microscope would confirm, if it was collected.

 
It wasn't collected
I don't keep specimens unless there's a special reason and I know in advance to watch for one that fits the description.

N. digna is very common here, and all the other males have been dark. Some variation in the amount of white on the abdomen, but that's about it.

 
Well -
this one looks somewhat similar to me?


 
I agree with Ken
I think your images are a tad over-exposed which makes the colors brighter than they are to the naked eye. But you're right about the number of species. I thought there were 9 species, but the info page lists only 7... either way, there are species that Bug Guide doesn't have yet. But like Ken said, a palp inspection is the only way to prove the species. But yes, for what it's worth, I also think it's Neriene digna.

 
Colors
Often the photo comes out more saturated and more yellowish, and sometimes more reddish, than the scene was--but I adjust the color later on the computer to match my memory of the creature. This spider's orange parts really were that vivid.

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