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Thought I'd post images of the various species of Xysticus males I found last year, and also so far this season. Quite a variety from just around my place! Most were collected by pitfall traps. By far, the most abundant at the moment is X. emertoni (and it's also the largest). Maybe I'll add images to this thread as I find more species (including females) throughout the summer. A few look too much alike for me to tell them apart by general appearance, so I identified each one by its palp. My goal is to get photos of every Alberta species (I might have to do some travelling for that - don't know if they're all found in this one area).
Xysticus emertoni:
Xysticus ferox:
Xysticus britcheri:
Xysticus obscurus:
Xysticus ellipticus:
Xysticus luctuosus
Xysticus emertoni:
Xysticus ferox:
Xysticus britcheri:
Xysticus obscurus:
Xysticus ellipticus:
Xysticus luctuosus