Spotting

Description:

6mm long spider

Habitat:

Santa Cruz, Galapagos

1 Species ID Suggestions

Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos 9 years ago

Galapagos endemic, no common name so far

Galaporella thaleri CDF Galapagos Species Checklists - Galaporella thaleri

1 Comment

Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos 9 years ago

To intentify this one took a while, Karen! The world specialist on Galápagos Spiders, Léon Baert, says "it might be Galaporella thaleri Levi, 2009", which is, as far as we know, endemic and has been found only on Sta Cruz so far.

Spotted by
KarenL

Parroquia Bella Vista, Provincia de Galápagos, Ecuador

Spotted on Nov 30, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012

Spotted for Missions

Arachnids of Ecuador
Galapagos Biodiversity
International Spider Survey