Sunday, January 1, 2017

Early December Arthropods

There's snow on the ground at the moment, but in early December we had some warm weather and a couple ectothermic creatures revealed themselves.

This hefty jumping spider was clinging to the side of the garden shed as we worked installing two large water-catching tanks. It turned out to be Phidippus adumbratus.

Lateral view. I took her inside (I'm assuming it was a female based on the size which was around 10 mm long) and she cooperated nicely for some photos, then I placed her back where she was found.

This short-horn walkingstick, Parabacillus hesperus was hanging onto the outside of the greenhouse. I moved it to a more natural setting and noticed that it had only five legs!

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