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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Mesocoelopodinae » Tricorynini » Tricorynus

Byrrhodes? - Tricorynus

Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 1, 2011
Size: ~2 mm
1 of 4 images of this specimen.

came to uv light

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Contributed by John Schneider on 6 July, 2011 - 12:39am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Mecaphesa dubia

Red Mecaphesa - dorsal week 2 - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
6 of 8 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:35am

Red Mecaphesa - dorsal week 2 - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
5 of 8 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:34am

Red Mecaphesa - ventral - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
4 of 8 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:34am

Red Mecaphesa - rear - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
3 of 8 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:32am

Red Mecaphesa - angled - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
2 of 8 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:32am

Red Mecaphesa - dorsal - Mecaphesa dubia -

Hornsby Bend, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 30, 2011
Size: 7.5mm
1 of 8 images of this specimen.

I took her from blooming Mexican Hat on 5-30. She made an egg sac in captivity on 6-9. The egg sac hatched on 6-28. I counted at least 73 spiderlings. I am attempting to raise them now, so I can photograph their instars and eventually ID an adult male.

I was unable to match her ventral epigynum to any of the drawings. Maybe someone else will have better luck. I'll be sending her to an expert for ID as well.

Here are entries for three of her offspring that I raised to adulthood (the first is the male):

She changed to orange after a week or two.

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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 6 July, 2011 - 12:31am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis)

Coleoptera - Pachybrachis

Norfolk, Virginia, USA
July 3, 2011
Size: 3mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 6 July, 2011 - 12:30am

Coleoptera - Pachybrachis

Norfolk, Virginia, USA
July 3, 2011
Size: 3mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

Found on underside of grape leaf.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 6 July, 2011 - 12:29am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Cixiinae » Pentastirini » Melanoliarus

Oeclius species possible - Melanoliarus

Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 2, 2011
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 6 July, 2011 - 12:14am

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