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Clubiona canadensis
Photo#460111
Copyright © 2010
tom murray
spider -
Clubiona canadensis
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Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
September 29, 2010
Size: 8mm
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 29 September, 2010 - 8:09pm
Last updated 13 March, 2022 - 2:57pm
Specimen: KMP-06373
Specimen: KMP-06373
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 6 January, 2011 - 5:09am
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Moved
Moved from
Leafcurling Sac Spiders
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tom murray
, 3 October, 2010 - 10:00am
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Clubiona canadensis
The epigyne of C. pacifica is very similar, but your location conveniently puts to rest any doubt. (Will you send this, nonetheless, when we get caught up, again?)
-Kevin
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 3 October, 2010 - 9:50am
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..
C. canadensis
seems possible to me, too. I have collected many of this species in my area and the appearance and size of this specimen are a good match. I find
Clubiona
epigynes very difficult to tell apart, though, and it is mainly because of the male and its more easily recognizable palp that I've been able to ID local females with any degree of certainty (after finding the two sexes together).
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John Sloan
, 3 October, 2010 - 10:35pm
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And to make matters worse, Dondale & Redner write that the distribution of the almost identical (in females) C. pacifica extends "inland to southern Alberta" -- close enough to make things much more difficult without a male.
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 4 October, 2010 - 12:45am
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BTW, where did you find her (
BTW, where did you find her (habitat)?
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 3 October, 2010 - 10:05am
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Habitat
I was sweep netting low vegetation, mostly asters, at the side of a road. This was at the beginning of a trail leading into a forest with a fast running river 100 feet away. Here's the
location
, but I was about 1/4 mile from the cedar swamp.
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tom murray
, 3 October, 2010 - 10:10am
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Moved
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Thanks Kevin. I'll try to get a shot of the epigynum.
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tom murray
, 30 September, 2010 - 7:52am
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Clubiona
Yes, Clubiona.
@Tom: You've already found C. obesa and C. maritima. I suppose it could be C. maritima, but the male you previously found doesn't show this strong heart mark.
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 30 September, 2010 - 1:16am
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Makes us think of Clubiona
Let's see what Lynette says
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john and jane balaban
, 29 September, 2010 - 8:36pm
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