Adult Female - Bassaniana utahensis

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Bark Crab Spiders (Bassaniana) » Bassaniana utahensis

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Copyright © 2012 John Sloan

Adult Female - Bassaniana utahensis -

Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
June 4, 2012
Size: BL = 7 mm

Found on the underside of a lawn chair.

The identification to genus was based on blunted hairs on carapace, and the ID to species was based on range. This is the only species of Bassaniana that occurs in Alberta, according to the Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska (May, 2010).

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Adult Female - Bassaniana utahensis - female

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Contributed by John Sloan on 5 June, 2012 - 12:31am

Nice specimen, John!

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 June, 2012 - 9:38pm

Thanks. Looks like I may have caught her before she laid eggs.

… John Sloan, 7 June, 2012 - 3:08am

Yes

I'd like to see the spiderlings. I'm hatching Pardosa spiderlings in my kitchen as I type. See here.

… Lynette Elliott, 8 June, 2012 - 11:15pm

Great pictures!

… John Sloan, 9 June, 2012 - 2:12am

Place settings

You must have a large table to seat that many!

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 9 June, 2012 - 12:10am

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