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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Linyphantes » Unnamed Species #8 (Linyphantes Unnamed Species #8)
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Linyphiid - Linyphantes - female
Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Linyphiid - Linyphantes - Female
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
November 17, 2012
Size: ~2.3mm body length
Found on the deck. Quite a cooperative spider! Unfortunately, her epigynum is minuscule. It's beyond the range of my reversed lens setup, but I did discover I can get sharper results at that magnification with a 70-300mm telephoto lens and a 50mm or 28mm prime reversed in front.

Only one spine on Tibia IV, maybe an erigonine?

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 18 November, 2012 - 1:18pm
Last updated 18 November, 2012 - 9:29pm

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This spider made an egg sac on the deck last night! She stayed there all of yesterday after I released her, and sometime during the late evening she started construction. The project must have taken well over 3 hours.

Added a few images of the process.
… Kyron Basu, 20 November, 2012 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Egg sac
Very nice!
… Lynette Elliott, 20 November, 2012 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

ID from Rod Crawford
"I strongly suspect Linyphantes sp. #8. The epigynum (darker view) and color pattern are pretty indicative. A posterior epigynum view would help confirm.

Some tibial spines seem to be broken off.

This little species is one of the 2 smallest Linyphantes I know of. It can be found in human-altered areas but is not very common anywhere."

And after I uploaded a posterior view:

"The epigynum wasn't protruding enough to show the details I was hoping for in the rear view, but I still think it's #8. It does eliminate the second most likely, sp. #1."
Moved from Spiders.
… Kyron Basu, 18 November, 2012 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Linyphantes sp. #8.
Very nice!
… Lynette Elliott, 19 November, 2012 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

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