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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae) » Micaria
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Ground Spider? - Micaria
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Luk

Ground Spider? - Micaria
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
April 9, 2011
Size: 3.2 mm
Ex leaf litter. As it a gnaphosid?
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 11 April, 2011 - 9:50am
Last updated 9 June, 2011 - 9:11am

Moved
Moved from Spiders. From Rod Crawford: definitely Micaria but I don't know all the eastern-Canada lookalike species.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 June, 2011 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Good question. I was going to
Good question. I was going to say Castianeira, but I Lynette is right about Micaria. In fact it reminds me a great deal of Micaria pulicaria.

Any more pictures?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 April, 2011 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
More pictures, no
Sorry, it's in the alcohol now. Will be sent for ID (to John; he's closer and looking for Canadian spiders).
… Stephen Luk, 12 April, 2011 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Great! My money is on Micaria
Great! My money is on Micaria pulicaria. :-)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 April, 2011 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

Micaria or Castianeira?
I'm not sure. Let's see what others think. Do you have close-ups of the eyes from the front?
… Lynette Elliott, 11 April, 2011 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

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