Hello Arachnoboard Fraands,
Sorry about being away from the boards, we have been extremely busy here in IL visiting with friends and family for the past few weeks. Although, we have MANY new little spidiies to share with everyone that we've stumbled across in those past few weeks.
First of all, we'll start off with the bad news.. the egg sac belonging to our unidentified Dolomedes was NOT fertile and she neglected it once she realized this; it was removed and she is doing just fine, no worries!
Second, after losing the egg sac, we ended up finding SIX slings belonging to the genus Dolomedes although their species have not been given an ID, we believe from the naked eye some of the specimens resemble the D. albineus and the D. tenebrosus but this is not a 100%, of course, due to their small size.
Third, we also found two Wolfiie slings; the first resembles a specimen from the genus Paradosa while the second specimen resembles the genus Hogna. Once again, due to their small size, no definite ID's on either specimen beyond being Wolfiies.
Forth, the last specimen found in FL is also a sling although we are unsure of it's ID at the moment. We'll need extra help with this specimen, LOL!
Lastly, while in the state of IL, we happened to find a little Jumping spidiie down in a family member's basement. From BugGuide.net, the adult specimen looks to be Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper) but we're not 100% on that ID considering we're not familiar with Jumper spidiies. :?
Pictures are in the process of uploading and will be posted as soon as possible! I'll try to have them up on the boards by tonight, ANY help would be MUCH appreciated.. THANKS fraands! :]
Sorry about being away from the boards, we have been extremely busy here in IL visiting with friends and family for the past few weeks. Although, we have MANY new little spidiies to share with everyone that we've stumbled across in those past few weeks.
First of all, we'll start off with the bad news.. the egg sac belonging to our unidentified Dolomedes was NOT fertile and she neglected it once she realized this; it was removed and she is doing just fine, no worries!
Second, after losing the egg sac, we ended up finding SIX slings belonging to the genus Dolomedes although their species have not been given an ID, we believe from the naked eye some of the specimens resemble the D. albineus and the D. tenebrosus but this is not a 100%, of course, due to their small size.
Third, we also found two Wolfiie slings; the first resembles a specimen from the genus Paradosa while the second specimen resembles the genus Hogna. Once again, due to their small size, no definite ID's on either specimen beyond being Wolfiies.
Forth, the last specimen found in FL is also a sling although we are unsure of it's ID at the moment. We'll need extra help with this specimen, LOL!
Lastly, while in the state of IL, we happened to find a little Jumping spidiie down in a family member's basement. From BugGuide.net, the adult specimen looks to be Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper) but we're not 100% on that ID considering we're not familiar with Jumper spidiies. :?
Pictures are in the process of uploading and will be posted as soon as possible! I'll try to have them up on the boards by tonight, ANY help would be MUCH appreciated.. THANKS fraands! :]
