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Spider - Pisaurina undulata

Spider - Pisaurina undulata
Lake George Conservation Area, Putnam County, Florida, USA
July 18, 2014
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what family this spider is in based on the eye arrangement and couldn't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Found in grass in a mesic woodland.

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Interesting, do you have higher resolution images that better show the eyes?

 
I just added a closeup of the
I just added a closeup of the eyes from the top down view.

 
Do you still have it?
The eye arrangement is similar to Pisaurina but I don't recognize it and don't see any other similar options listed for our area. Maybe I'm missing something. If no one chimes in with a good guess we can try contacting an expert.

 
Hey Laura, Thanks for the he
Hey Laura,
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I don't have the spider anymore. When I am working in the field I capture the insect/spider, photograph it as quickly as possible and then release it and this was taken several days ago. Maybe someone else will chime in. I'll keep looking too.

 
I emailed G.B. Edwards ...
this morning. He replied back and said, "I would say it is Pisaurina undulata. Can’t think of anything else in Florida that is remotely similar except Tibellus, which is quite rare here. P. undulata sort of replaces Tibellus here on grasses/herbs near water. From the data with the pictures, that seems to fit."

We don't have many examples of P. undulata in the Guide yet, but the ones we do have are mostly different looking:

This one does look similar enough though:

They were both found by the same person.

Without seeing the genitalia this is our best guess. If you find another (has to be an adult) you could send it out to someone and have it IDed under a microscope to be 100% sure. Nice find!

 
Amazing!
Thanks Laura! The community here is amazing! Thanks for going to such lengths on my behalf. I'll be posting this on my Filming Florida project as a Daily Species next month as I am featuring spiders for an entire week. Thanks for your help!!!

 
You're welcome!
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