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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Ground Crab Spiders (Xysticus) » Xysticus alboniger
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crab spider - Xysticus alboniger - male
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

crab spider - Xysticus alboniger - Male
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 25, 2012
Size: 3.2mm

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crab spider - Xysticus alboniger - male crab spider - Xysticus alboniger - male
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 May, 2012 - 11:10am
Last updated 6 July, 2012 - 4:15pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
Peter, thanks for the ID. I found this under a log in leaf litter in a mostly open sandy area with a lot of pitch pine and other trees in the surrounding woods.
… tom murray, 6 July, 2012 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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I had a feeling about this one, based on that beautiful abdomen color, and the species is already in BG, but only one specimen, from 2004, and no male!


Xysticus alboniger

It's a beautiful specimen and in excellent condition.



Record: kmp-10103

Tom, do you remember where you found it?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 6 July, 2012 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Xysticus alboniger
Very nice!
… Lynette Elliott, 2 November, 2012 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

Oh...
Wow!
… Gacko, 29 May, 2012 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

What a beauty!
Can't wait to see what Kevin finds out about this one. Such a smooth carapace!
… john and jane balaban, 27 May, 2012 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
And it's a mature male
I'll have to get a package out to Kevin soon, the specimens are piling up.
… tom murray, 27 May, 2012 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

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