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sygdom

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I think this is a crab spider it was found at a plant nursery in Colorado

I happened to be looking out my window and looked down into a beer bottle I saved and found this guy. I think its a sowbug killer.

My huntsman

Can't figure out what this is any help would be appreciated
 
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Widowman10

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ya, #2 is def Dysdera crocata. #4 i'm not so sure about, so, not going to venture a guess. someone prob can ID it much better.
 

jsloan

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I think this is a crab spider it was found at a plant nursery in Colorado
Crab spider all right. Looks like possibly Coriarachne sp. or Bassaniana sp.

My huntsman
Nice. I wouldn't mind seeing some better pictures of this one.

Can't figure out what this is any help would be appreciated
Possibly Linyphiidae. I think you can rule out Theridiidae, because of the macrosetae on the legs.

Nice pictures. What kind of camera/setup are you using?
 

sygdom

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I am using a Canon PowerShot SD950 IS nothing fancy just a pocket camera, but it does pretty good macro. I will post more pics of huntsman soon.
 

jsloan

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I think the bottom one is Lepthyphantes nebulosus
L. nebulosus is now placed as Megalepthyphantes nebulosus. It has been collected before in Colorado. How did you get the ID?
 

jsloan

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http://www.eurospiders.com/Lepthyphantes_nebulosus.htm
I don't know if this is actually what it is but it looks very similar to this one.
Looks pretty darned close to me! :) A good thing about that link is it includes pictures of the epigyne if you want to compare them with your specimen for an even more certain ID. That's the only way to know 100% which spider you've got. Looks like you're on the right track.

Here's the link for the name change, if you want to double check that as well:

http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
 
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