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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:26 pm
by Klipspringer
Next group ID project
There is an obvious web and the first step should be to recognize the type of web.
What kind of web do we have here?
Here some pages of the spider guide book to help you
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:12 pm
by Richprins
All very interesting, Klippies!
Funnel web!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:12 pm
by Lisbeth
A grass funnel-web spider?
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:48 pm
by Klipspringer
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:50 pm
by Klipspringer
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:12 pm
A grass funnel-web spider?
There are several spiders associated with funnel webs.
Next step for spiders is to look at the eye arrangement.
Most spiders have 8 eyes, this one, too.
Are all the eyes of the same size or are there two or four larger eyes?
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:19 am
by Richprins
Two larger eyes!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:07 pm
by Klipspringer
Richprins wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:19 am
Two larger eyes!
The eyes are in two rows, now we have to determine if the large eyes are in the lower or upper row.
Do the large eyes sit just above the chelicerae = mouthparts (like in the jumpers) or higher up ?
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:40 pm
by Richprins
Just above!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:17 pm
by Klipspringer
Check here what the position of eyes in the lower row is (such as Salticidae)
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:39 pm
by Richprins
Pisauridae!
