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Pond Spider
May 6, 2016 11:53:12 #
Found while rearranging the rocks in the pond I am installing. My wife was trying to corral him while I grabbed my camera and she doesn't even like looking at them in pics. This was the only shot I got before he got away were I couldn't chase him. I think I saw him later, he looked the same to me except he was no longer red but med. brown. Can they change colors?
May 6, 2016 21:57:37 #
May 6, 2016 22:51:01 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thank you, DouglassYour spider enlarges quite nicely. :thumbup:
May 7, 2016 03:27:22 #
May 7, 2016 03:53:23 #
I am thinking your spider resembles a woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata. If so, they can vary in colour so you may have found a second one. I am notoriously bad at ID so don't take this as gospel. :)
May 7, 2016 08:28:36 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
i thought so too brendaI am thinking your spider resembles a woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata.
May 7, 2016 10:20:19 #
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May 7, 2016 12:55:15 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
I concur..........just adds credence to your abilities :thumbup:I am thinking your spider resembles a woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata.
May 7, 2016 12:56:17 #
May 7, 2016 15:37:38 #
Some flower-loving crab spiders(and a few others) can change colors. Otherwise, spiders usually darken as their skin tans after shedding, but don't change otherwise. Definitely a Dysdera (have 6 eyes - can't see on yours, but a 'she', not 'he'); 2nd spider could have been a gnaphosid (8 eyes), very common, which often have darker reddish legs and a silky abdomen, and live in the same places. You can usually see their spinnerets sticking out from under the rear of the abdomen. Nice, clear photo.
May 7, 2016 21:01:01 #
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