wildlife spider from french guyane but name?
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Am i right in thinking that looks like a Ctenid?
Some sort of wandering spider?
Some sort of wandering spider?
my first investigation :
1: Phoneutria_nigriventer
it was bigger than a plate, near 25 cm of diameter (with legs).
2 and 3 probably the same spécies, i think :
Phoneutria fera or boliviensis, i will investigate about where it live exactly.
size : bigger than a dvd (with legs)
4: really don't now!
people met it very often, the web was bigger than a square meter,
the body only is near 3 cm
i send a new one of it.
thank for your help, not easy to have information!
1: Phoneutria_nigriventer
it was bigger than a plate, near 25 cm of diameter (with legs).
2 and 3 probably the same spécies, i think :
Phoneutria fera or boliviensis, i will investigate about where it live exactly.
size : bigger than a dvd (with legs)
4: really don't now!
people met it very often, the web was bigger than a square meter,
the body only is near 3 cm
i send a new one of it.
thank for your help, not easy to have information!
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Hmm none of these spiders belong to the genus Phoneutria.
First pic is an Ancylometes sp.
2 and 3 are both Cupiennius sp.
4 is an Araneidae.
First pic is an Ancylometes sp.
2 and 3 are both Cupiennius sp.
4 is an Araneidae.
revilo and Tarantula_Hawk are right about the first one, it's a ancylometes !
i just discover this kind off amazing fishing spider.
thank a lot men, i will be back in french guyana for tree week, i hope to meet it
again!
tree new pics: theraphosa leblondi, and and scorpio (thythius?) eating a leaf grasshoper (cycloptéra)
i just discover this kind off amazing fishing spider.
thank a lot men, i will be back in french guyana for tree week, i hope to meet it
again!
tree new pics: theraphosa leblondi, and and scorpio (thythius?) eating a leaf grasshoper (cycloptéra)
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hi all !
yes, tarantula hawk is right. no. 4 is an araneidae - a quite hairy one on venter...really nice.
but, sorry to tarantula hawk. i can't agree with no. 3 - this is not a cupiennius. for example, look at the legs and recognize the light spots on base of the spine hairs . i don't know much about the genus phoneutria, but i really belive this is one.
to scriba : the right name is teraphosa blondi since a longer time...
the ancylometes could be a. rufus - only could...
regards, oli
yes, tarantula hawk is right. no. 4 is an araneidae - a quite hairy one on venter...really nice.
but, sorry to tarantula hawk. i can't agree with no. 3 - this is not a cupiennius. for example, look at the legs and recognize the light spots on base of the spine hairs . i don't know much about the genus phoneutria, but i really belive this is one.
to scriba : the right name is teraphosa blondi since a longer time...
the ancylometes could be a. rufus - only could...
regards, oli
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Yep revilo you're probably right. After looking at 3 more carefully i agree with Phoneutria being the best guess. You can even see the typical dark stripe on the palps. My bad. 
I cant see the picture of scriba's last post though.
I cant see the picture of scriba's last post though.
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Yea, this pretty much confirms Phoneutria 100%.
Hi Scriba,
wishy I could go with you Yes that scorpion might is a Tityus species. No other Buthid genus that resembles Tityus (like Centruroides) is reported from FG, so that narrows it down. Most probably Tityus obscurus. Can't see the scorpion good enough to sex satisfactory.....
Guyananian scorpions are my prime interest so if you need them identified, just post the pics here.
Cheers, Michiel
wishy I could go with you
Yes that scorpion might is a Tityus species. No other Buthid genus that resembles Tityus (like Centruroides) is reported from FG, so that narrows it down. Most probably Tityus obscurus. Can't see the scorpion good enough to sex satisfactory.....Guyananian scorpions are my prime interest so if you need them identified, just post the pics here.
Cheers, Michiel
let's go there:
http://www3.uni-bonn.de/die-universitaet/informationsquellen/presseinformationen/2006/455
i don't understand anythong in german but....
clic on pic, it's anamazing underwater pic of an ancylomete. (big size)
i Michiel, i don't remenber how many scorpios i saw in two week in 2009!
the weather was very dry, (el ninio or something like),during the nights
many spiders, amblypige, and scorpio were hunting.
i would like to show you something strange, some eggs and fly on the back of a théraphosa?
http://www3.uni-bonn.de/die-universitaet/informationsquellen/presseinformationen/2006/455
i don't understand anythong in german but....
clic on pic, it's anamazing underwater pic of an ancylomete. (big size)
i Michiel, i don't remenber how many scorpios i saw in two week in 2009!
the weather was very dry, (el ninio or something like),during the nights
many spiders, amblypige, and scorpio were hunting.
i would like to show you something strange, some eggs and fly on the back of a théraphosa?
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Hi Scriba,
I don't know much about flies, but I do known that certain species are parasites and host on diverse invertebrates also spiders and scorpions. This fly could be a parasitic one that lays eggs on the host, and then the maggots have a fresh spider to eat.
The black scorpion is a male Tityus obscurus (females have shorter and thicker pedipalpal segments). I wrote a species biography about this species on website The Scorpion Files. The changing of the season, from dry to wet or vice versa, can increase surface activity in arthropods, so when you saw so many species in 2009, you where there at the right time.
I have contact with some people in Suriname, next to FG, and they tell me that they see most scorpions in the dry season. So in a certain season you find many, and on other times you find none at the same places....
Thanks for posting these pics.
Cheers, Michiel
I don't know much about flies, but I do known that certain species are parasites and host on diverse invertebrates also spiders and scorpions. This fly could be a parasitic one that lays eggs on the host, and then the maggots have a fresh spider to eat.
The black scorpion is a male Tityus obscurus (females have shorter and thicker pedipalpal segments). I wrote a species biography about this species on website The Scorpion Files. The changing of the season, from dry to wet or vice versa, can increase surface activity in arthropods, so when you saw so many species in 2009, you where there at the right time.
I have contact with some people in Suriname, next to FG, and they tell me that they see most scorpions in the dry season. So in a certain season you find many, and on other times you find none at the same places....
Thanks for posting these pics.
Cheers, Michiel