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| cacoseraph |
Random Spider Picturesi am just going to be making population posts for a whilefrom the wastelands: One of the interesting features of my chapparal is the quite large Agelenopsis grass spiders. Some reach 3+" DLS (7.5cm) and some of their sheet/funnel webs get HUGE. the largest i have seen was a very well constructed 5 FOOT (er, 1.5m) diameter sheet funnel. It was sort of like a scene from "Arachnophobia". It is entertaining to collect small specimens of the grass spiders as the grow very fast 
zoom I really want to get some good pics of a truly massive web. That web was about 2'/ 60cm diameter. i think this is an in situ of the spider eating a male L. hesperus 
zoom here is buthus' thread. pirate spider. sweet. http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=90555 |
| cacoseraph |
from Azusa, CA
i was kind of wondering why this guy was acting as calm as it was... now i see =P 
zoom this spider was quite small. only a couple mm bodylength and a few/4 mm legspan, i would say. and fast! Thomisidae crab spider? 
zoom i thought this guy was pretty sharp looking. a small pic of it almost on my hand for size reference. i am a fairly big guy, i guess. 
zoom This is probably my favorite spider find of the day. i am regretting not taking it... but i do believe i remember where the tree/rock i found it are. It spins cribellate web. i thought it was a black hole spider, Kukulcania sp. at first. Now i have no idea. Maybe it is some kind of Filistidae (or Gnaphosidae, are they cribellate?) or Segestriidae? Seg is cribellate, at least in part, it looks Amaurobius sp.? 
zoom 
zoom size reference. it is not a huge spider. but it is a looker! 
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