Plectreuridae

Pulk · Plectreuridae

I have a suspicion that the "filistatids" from francisco are actually these.
what do you guys think?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectreuridae

http://www.flickr.com/search/?&q=filistatids

cacoseraph

i think you might be on to something

fili's are cribellate and the plec's are not

that web does not look cribellate to me. good catch man!

edit:

i think i saw a MM of these in mariposa. out of the range but looked similar. the mm has hooks but they looked weird. great... i can't remember why they looked weird.

edit2:
gertsch is a machine!

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cacoseraph

gertsch WAS a machine, then

Johnny

At first glance, this looks like one I got at Whitewater during the Salton Sea trip. Havent looked into it but I'll take a few pics during lunch and compare. Sure matches the habitat, and web structure,....but size?

What

If you were collecting at Whitewater you have more guts than I!

I have seen a few pictures of these and they do look very cool, one of my photography goals for this summer.

Pulk

Johnny

Nope,,, prob not....looks more like the gnaphosid in your pics. I'll post the pics anyways.

Whats up with Whitewater? ..... do tell

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Johnny

Yowsers!! We just got off the 10 fwy at the creek, where that landscaping, stone, building materials place is at. We were there for a good while too.

Pulk

update: a ton of babies hatched

male:

female:

sorry... too lazy to get the sand off of them

Pulk

she's beginning sac #3

Pulk

the second sac looks ok and is going to hatch any day soon... but while i was gone (of course) apparently there was a heat wave and 95% of the slings from the first one died.

Celeste

I am so sorry to hear about the slings! Yes, it was wicked hot here this past weekend (up to about 103 F at my house).

Steven

Yep..I have a bunch of broods that Im afraid to look at after the last week of heat. Im sure the numbers have been greatly reduced.