Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stratiomyid prey but which spider?

Posted by tim worfolk on 26-06-2009 07:41
#1

The fly is Beris vallata, but can anyone put a name to the spider?

about 1m off ground, in shade, edge of wet meadow, marsh.

23/6/2009; Devon, England

thanks

Tim

Posted by Smoggycb on 28-06-2009 10:57
#2

Going by the lines of white hairs on the head region it is a Dictyna (Dictynidae). Id to species is a genitalia job unfortunately.

Posted by tim worfolk on 28-06-2009 17:00
#3

Thanks, just knowing the genus is a start.

Tim