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zonbonzovi

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OK, not entirely 'my' backyard. Antrodiaetidae from WA coast:



Pholcidae from under my house:



???:



Tenegaria sp.:




more ???:




even more ???:




Lycosidae?:


 
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JC

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Nice finds. Local bug hunting is always cool, breeding those finds is cooler. ;)
 

Widowman10

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steatoda borealis (edit!), very pretty.

that MM looks familiar, but i can't put a finger on it... edit: maybe MM crab spider? (fam: thomisidae, gen: misumena?)

the other, an orbweaver (obviously) is hard to say for certain which species. edit: maybe longjawed orb weaver? (fam: Tetragnathidae, gen: Tetragnatha?)

edit 2- haha, i was editing those before psychrolutes posted, so maybe they're right!?
 
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Psychrolutes

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Nice pics, especially the wolf spider.

The first unidentified one is a Steatoda Triangulosa, I'm pretty sure. The second one is in my mind a crab spider (Thomisidae), good luck ID' the correct species, so many of them .. :) the third one might be from the Tetragnatha family. Though I never get to see those here.
 

Tarantula_Hawk

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The Theridiidae is not Steatoda triangulosa but S. grossa.
Your second unknown is a male Misumena vatia (Thomisidae).
The other one is indeed Tetragnatha sp. (Tetragnathidae).
The lycosid, judging by the ocular disposition, should be Pardosa sp.
 

zonbonzovi

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Thanks, y'all! Incidentally, you guys now have me hooked on trues. I can no longer go outside without looking in, on or under something in the hopes of finding a good photo specimen.

Funny about the Misumena vatia: I was hoping to find a female to house in an orchid enclosure. I saw the maleness, so I let it go.

The Tetragnatha & Pardosa sp. came from a floodplain on a remote-ish creek. The area was very thick with Pardosa, which seemed to be hunting a strange cricket that I hadn't previously seen. Unfortunately I put the cricket in a vial with Harpaphe haydeniana, promptly turning the cricket black & making the vial stink of almonds(Note to self: :embarrassed:).
 
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