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Segestria pacifica? - Segestria pacifica - male
Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Segestria pacifica? - Segestria pacifica - Male
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
July 4, 2012
Size: ~8mm body length
Found wandering on the deck. Hoping this guy's a male Segestria pacifica to go along with the female I found earlier:


I'm pretty sure based on the eye arrangement and the fact the BC E-Fauna 2010 checklist shows no other Segestriids in BC.

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 5 July, 2012 - 3:46am
Last updated 5 July, 2012 - 8:51am

male Segestria pacifica
Gorgeous images as always! This is such a great find & our first male for the guide. When first looking at the face shot I was disappointed because I couldn't see enlarged palps and thought it was a female... but definitely a male from those side shots!

You are correct you can ID these to species based on range.


Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 July, 2012 - 8:51am

 
Yay!
I really wanted to find one of the males. These spiders don't seem that common around here - so far, I've only seen the two I've posted.
… Kyron Basu, 5 July, 2012 - 3:27pm

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