Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Jumping spider > Pseudeuophrys lanigera
Posted by Stephen R on 24-03-2011 19:28
#1
Clitheroe UK, 24 March 2011.
This looks darker than most of our
Salticus scenicus. Is it just a colour variation?
Edited by Stephen R on 28-03-2011 23:45
Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2011 01:57
#2
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
This looks darker than most of our Salticus scenicus. Is it just a colour variation?
Not genus
Salticus. Looks like
Pseudeuophrys, but from this angle one can't be sure. Do you have a more dorsal pic? And a description of the habitat (
P. lanigera is abundant at houses here)?
Posted by Stephen R on 26-03-2011 12:16
#3
Thanks, Juergen. The only other view I took shows little more. The spider was on the top of a low stone wall in the park - lots of crevices to hide in. I often see
Salticus in the same place.
Edited by Stephen R on 26-03-2011 12:18
Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2011 19:58
#4
Hello, Stephen!
Here at our house there are numbers of
Salticus scenicus and
Pseudeuophrys lanigera together (and often
Marpissa muscosa).
Pseudeuophrys erratica is not so synanthropic. Your's must be a male of either
P. lanigera or
erratica - with
lanigera having two yellowish spots near the end of the abdomen. Therefore a dorsal pic could have been the clue...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2011 22:10
Posted by Stephen R on 26-03-2011 21:46
#5
Many thanks Juergen. I'll look out for another one and get a dorsal shot if I can!
Posted by Stephen R on 28-03-2011 23:30
#6
I found it again today in the same place. Does this help?
Posted by Stephen R on 28-03-2011 23:31
#7
or this:
Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-03-2011 23:37
#8
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
I found it again today in the same place. Does this help?
Yes, it is clearly
Pseudeuophrys lanigera.
Posted by Stephen R on 28-03-2011 23:42
#9
I can see it's not the same individual. Is this one female?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-03-2011 00:22
#10
Hello, Stephen!
Stephen R wrote:
I can see it's not the same individual. Is this one female?
Yes. The palps are not thickened, and it is less dark (especially the legs) than the male.
Posted by Stephen R on 29-03-2011 09:11
#11
Many thanks Juergen!