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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Thanatus » Thanatus vulgaris » specimens from cricket shipments (Thanatus vulgaris specimens from cricket shipments)
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Running Crab Spider - Thanatus vulgaris - female
Copyright © 2004 knapperbill

Running Crab Spider - Thanatus vulgaris - Female
Louisiana, USA
January 22, 2003
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Contributed by knapperbill on 17 September, 2004 - 9:31pm
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 12:57am

Moved
Moved from Thanatus vulgaris.
… John R. Maxwell, 4 March, 2012 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

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Was this found in a shipment of crickets, or was it found wild?
… John R. Maxwell, 8 February, 2012 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Yes, this was found in a shipment of crickets, from Flukers to be exact.
… knapperbill, 3 March, 2012 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
good question
I just got an adult female in some crickets from Fluker's in Louisiana.
… Mandy Howe, 3 March, 2012 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Running Crab Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 5 May, 2007 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Crab Spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 August, 2006 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Giant crab spider?
This reminds me more of a giant crab spider (Heteropoda and company) than a fisher spider, but without more detail I can't be absolutely certain. In that part of the country there are lots of possiblities:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 September, 2004 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I stand corrected
Giant crab spider. ( Heteropoda ) The cephalothorax is too wide to be that of a fishing spider and the abdomen has little variegation. The median stripe ( top of abdomen ) is also consistent with Heteropoda.

Giant Crab Spider it is!
… Tom Adams, 20 September, 2004 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Dolomedes
Fishing Spider. of what species, I don't know.
… Tom Adams, 18 September, 2004 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

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