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xhexdx
10-09-2008, 03:56 PM
Caught this girl today:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/xhexdx/Picture035.jpg

Different individual, same species:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/xhexdx/Picture024.jpg

Any help would be great. I ran some searches both here and on google but didn't turn up anything that looked the same.

--Joe
crpy
10-09-2008, 04:51 PM
top one looks like regius, actually they both could be regius, P. otiosis has color on both sides black down the center of the carapace. P. regius have several color phases
clam1991
10-09-2008, 04:53 PM
man awesome find

they look pretty big
are they gravid or just large females?:?
crpy
10-09-2008, 04:59 PM
most def gravid.
Katy_green
10-09-2008, 05:00 PM
I have a female "black form" P. otiosus. These are awesome little spiders. :D

Nice find.
clam1991
10-09-2008, 05:00 PM
thought so usually their abdomen is much smaller
crpy
10-09-2008, 05:01 PM
males =yes
crpy
10-09-2008, 05:03 PM
otiosis also have more leg banding. Joe are you North of lake Okeechobee?
clam1991
10-09-2008, 05:06 PM
phidippus regius i just looked it up and saw some just like it:)
crpy
10-09-2008, 05:15 PM
phidippus regius i just looked it up and saw some just like it:)

yep. thats what I say and I'm stickin to it:D I first was gonna say otiosis but the map says they dont go past Lk Okeechobee, but I know how range maps are. Also the otiosis i've seen had allot of yellow.

Unless someone proves otherwise:o
clam1991
10-09-2008, 05:17 PM
you were kinda right at first crpy

you spelled it phidipus
when there is actually 2 ps
but you changed it so ehh
yay for creepy!!!:D :clap:
crpy
10-09-2008, 05:27 PM
you were kinda right at first crpy

you spelled it phidipus
when there is actually 2 ps
but you changed it so ehh
yay for creepy!!!:D :clap:

If I type too slow , everyone posts ahead of me, if I type fast , I misspell.:wall:
Katy_green
10-09-2008, 05:37 PM
Ah, no wonder these look different from mine. :p Figured mine was just different because she's "black form" but mine is def. otiosus.
xhexdx
10-09-2008, 07:12 PM
Man, running a google image search finds all kinds of crap that's labeled wrong...

Phidippus regius, eh? I'll take it. :-P

The specimen in the second picture I released, the one in the first pic I'm keeping. Hopefully she'll eat well and drop a sac.

:)

--Joe

And I'm north of Lake Okeechobee.
clam1991
10-09-2008, 08:13 PM
best of luck
and crpy had to do it

you messed with me about my GED!{D
crpy
10-09-2008, 09:57 PM
best of luck
and crpy had to do it

you messed with me about my GED!{D

I can take it, im at peace with my inner self;)
crpy
10-09-2008, 10:06 PM
Man, running a google image search finds all kinds of crap that's labeled wrong...

Phidippus regius, eh? I'll take it. :-P

The specimen in the second picture I released, the one in the first pic I'm keeping. Hopefully she'll eat well and drop a sac.

:)

--Joe

And I'm north of Lake Okeechobee.

yeah you got that right. I get allot of papers from UF=good references. They sell them at a book store in Mycanopy FL., Thats pronounced, Mick-an-opie, but I haven't been there in a few years so I do not know if they are still open.