Taxonomic name
- (-) Remove Araneae filter Araneae
- (-) Remove Arthropoda filter Arthropoda
- Animalia (46) Apply Animalia filter
- Arachnida (46) Apply Arachnida filter
- Araneidae (24) Apply Araneidae filter
- Araneus (20) Apply Araneus filter
- Araneus ventricosus (20) Apply Araneus ventricosus filter
- Cheiracanthium mordax (7) Apply Cheiracanthium mordax filter
- Heteropoda (10) Apply Heteropoda filter
- Heteropoda venatoria (10) Apply Heteropoda venatoria filter
- Heteropodidae (10) Apply Heteropodidae filter
- Larinioides (1) Apply Larinioides filter
- Larinioides cornutus (1) Apply Larinioides cornutus filter
- Latrodectus (1) Apply Latrodectus filter
- Latrodectus geometricus (1) Apply Latrodectus geometricus filter
- Miturgidae (7) Apply Miturgidae filter
- Neoscona (3) Apply Neoscona filter
- Neoscona theisi (3) Apply Neoscona theisi filter
- Opadometa (3) Apply Opadometa filter
- Opadometa fastigata (3) Apply Opadometa fastigata filter
- Tetragnathidae (3) Apply Tetragnathidae filter
- Theridiidae (1) Apply Theridiidae filter
Terms
- abdomen (1) Apply abdomen filter
- adult (12) Apply adult filter
- dorsal (1) Apply dorsal filter
- eyes (1) Apply eyes filter
- eyse (1) Apply eyse filter
- female (8) Apply female filter
- head (1) Apply head filter
- Light Micrograph (2) Apply Light Micrograph filter
- male (6) Apply male filter
- Photograph (14) Apply Photograph filter
- resting position (2) Apply resting position filter
- resting postion (1) Apply resting postion filter
- ventral (3) Apply ventral filter
Group
There are no facets available to filter on.
Filter by content type:
Filter by contributor:
Group content
bigSpiderFace.JPG
bigSpiderLateral.JPG
bigSpiderVentral.JPG
bigSpiderDorsal2.JPG
bigSpiderDorsal.jpg
bigSpiderEyes.JPG
macheteSpiderCropped.JPG
This image was sent to me (Aubrey) by Paul Wenninger for identification. The original was much larger. I cropped it to show the area of interest. The horizontal line is the blade of a machete. This the spider is probably Heteropoda venatoria. I see nothing in the photo which would preclude this ID.
Email stream follows:
______________________________________________
No worries. Looking forward to another photo. One other thing: the only other sparassid reported from the Marianas is an Olios sp known only from Guam according to Joe Beatty (S. IL Univ at Carbondale, retired) and Jim Berry (Butler Univ, retired), whove collected all across Micronesia, but its always much smaller.
Alx
On 4 January 2013 07:30, <paul.wenninger@fe.navy.mil> wrote:
Thanks for the info. To bad the guy didn't keep the specimen but he is
arachnaphobic. He is going to send another photo I think.
Paul Wenninger
Naval Base Guam (NBG)
Public Works Department (PWD)
Natural Resources Specialist
Tel:671-339-2065
Fax:671-333-2035
paul.wenninger@fe.navy.mil
Environmental Management System (EMS) is essential to sustaining
compliance,
reducing pollution, continual improvement and avoiding risk.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander M. Kerr [mailto:uogmarinelab@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:19 PM
To: Aubrey Moore
Cc: Wenninger, Paul S. CIV USN NAVFACMAR
Subject: Re: FW: Spider
Hi guys,
Afraid i ll not be of much help. The arrangement of the setae on the legs
looks normal for Guam's huntsman, including the basal ring of lighter
colour. But the red abdomen is way strange; ive never seen that in Guam's
huntsman spiders (Heteropoda venatoria). The large size of the abdomen
could be because it was a gravid female. And if im seeing things correctly,
the arrangement of the eyes on your specimen doesnt even look Heteropoda or
maybe even typical of its family, the Sparassidae (H venatoria has two rows
of two medial eyes; this one looks like it has a single row?). Aubrey do
you have a book on IDing spider families? Finally the colour pattern on the
cephalothorax looks wrong too (Marianas H venatoria have two big dark spots;
this one looks like its got a dark central stripe expanding posteriorly).
But its really hard to tell from the photo.
What is unequivocal from the photo is thats one dead-ass spider. Looks like
it was killed by a parent of small children.
Cheers,
Alex
On 3 January 2013 17:35, Aubrey Moore <aubreymoore@guam.net> wrote:
Hi Paul,
Happy New Year.
My best guess is that this is just a huntsman spider, Heteropoda
venatoria. There is some variation in color and some have a reddish brown
abdomen as shown in the photo. I'm forwarding this to Alex Kerr for his
expert opinion. If you get a better close-up, please send it along.
All the Best,
- Aubrey
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: Spider
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 03:37:09 +0000
From: <paul.wenninger@fe.navy.mil> <mailto:paul.wenninger@fe.navy.mil>
To: <aubreymoore@guam.net> <mailto:aubreymoore@guam.net>
Hi Aubrey,
My co-worker killed this spider. I have never seen one like it on
Guam
before, neither has Gretchen. He said it was as large as his hand
and the
abdomen was the size of a quarter. Note the machete that is in the
photo.
You can see the brown abdomen in the photo. He is goind to try to
send a
close up photo tomorrow. Thought you or somone at UOG might be
interested.
Please let me know what you think. He did not keep the specimen.
v/r
Paul Wenninger
Naval Base Guam (NBG)
Public Works Department (PWD)
Natural Resources Specialist
Tel:671-339-2065
Fax:671-333-2035
paul.wenninger@fe.navy.mil
Environmental Management System (EMS) is essential to sustaining
compliance,
reducing pollution, continual improvement and avoiding risk.
-----Original Message-----
From: Damian, C. Omar CIV USN NAVFACMAR
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 11:37 AM
To: Wenninger, Paul S. CIV USN NAVFACMAR
Subject: FW: Spider
Hi Paul,
Here's a picture of the spider that I killed on Monday. My wife
didn't send
the close up picture, but I'll try and get it sent tomorrow. Please
forward
to Aubrey for identification. By the way, I live in Barrigada next
to
Admiral Nimitz Golf Course.
R/Omar
--
Alexander M Kerr
Associate Professor of Biology
Marine Laboratory
University of Guam
Mangilao GU 96913 USA
Tel: 1-671-735-2182/2175
Fax: 1-671-734-6767
http://www.guammarinelab.com/alexkerr.html
--
Alexander M Kerr
Associate Professor of Biology
Marine Laboratory
University of Guam
Mangilao GU 96913 USA
Tel: 1-671-735-2182/2175
Fax: 1-671-734-6767
http://www.guammarinelab.com/alexkerr.html
image096.jpg
male dorsal
image097.jpg
male ventral
image090.jpg
DSC_0026.JPG
DSC_0023.JPG
DSC_0030.JPG
DSC_0024.JPG
DSC_0022.JPG
DSC_0016.JPG
DSC_0014.JPG
Identified from image by Dr. Seung Tae Kim, Seoul National University