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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Platycryptus » Platycryptus californicus
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Platycryptus undatus - jumping spiders with earwig - Platycryptus californicus
Copyright © 2006 Carol Davis

Platycryptus undatus - jumping spiders with earwig - Platycryptus californicus
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
July 1, 2006
I found this tiny jumping spider eating what I think is an earwig (pincers at the end). When I got the photo processed I saw some spider legs at the other end (hiding under the wood). Two spiders sharing the same insect. Kinda cool!

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Contributed by Carol Davis on 1 July, 2006 - 1:18pm
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 1:52pm

Moved
Moved from Platycryptus arizonensis.
… Jay Barnes, 4 September, 2008 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Platycryptus undatus.
… Jay Barnes, 3 August, 2008 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Difference?
Jay, what makes this one different than the undatus? Is it just location?
… Carol Davis, 5 September, 2008 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

 
See my
response to Lynette's question for more information. For even more, check out the Print References. The paper by Barnes has full descriptions, with undatus starting on page 36 and californicus on page 39.
… Jay Barnes, 5 September, 2008 - 2:33am login or register to post comments

 
Okay.
Thanks. That answered my question.
… Carol Davis, 5 September, 2008 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

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