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Spider found inside a damp test tube


Best Answer T.C. , November 22 2017 - 7:07 PM

Appears to be a Parson Spider. Herpyllus ecclesiasticus. (?)

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#1 Offline Scrixx - Posted October 28 2017 - 9:54 AM

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Hmm anyone know what spider this is? I know very little about spiders. Could be interesting to keep. I've seen some of the members here keep spiders but I'd like to know what it is first since I'm not going to mess with any venomous spiders. Plus it's not small so it'll be observable at least. 

 

I cleaned the test tubes of some queens that failed the founding stage and left it on my bathroom sink. Found this guy nestled inside there this morning. Probably liked the dampness and closed space of a test tube.

 

10mm long excluding the legs but it's 20mm long with the legs in a resting position. 

Dark brown head and legs with a black hairy abdomen. There's a light browns streak on the abdomen going halfway from the head to the tip of the abdomen.

 

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Edited by Scrixx, October 28 2017 - 9:59 AM.

ScrixxAnts Queen Adoption

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Keeping: Camponotus sansabeanus - C. vicinus - Formica francoeuri - Liometopum occidentale -  Pogonomyrmex californicus - P. rugosus - P. subnitidus - Solenopsis molesta - S. xyloni - Tapinoma sessile - Temnothorax sp.

Journals: Camponotus sansabeanus & C. vicinus | Pogonomyrmex californicus & P. rugosus | Solenopsis molesta & S. xyloni

Discontinued: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus


#2 Offline Penguin - Posted November 18 2017 - 4:01 PM

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Bump, I want to know  :lol:


I'm here to learn, mostly. 

:hi:


#3 Offline T.C. - Posted November 22 2017 - 7:07 PM   Best Answer

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Appears to be a Parson Spider. Herpyllus ecclesiasticus. (?)


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