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Heliophanus aeneus
SIZE: ♀ 5-7 mm - ♂ 4.5-5.5 mm
FEMALE: coloured gleamy copper to green - prosoma with a thin white stripe at the edge - opisthosoma with a white stripe on the front and two white dorsal spots at the end - legs black - pedipalps yellow
MALE: coloured gleamy copper to green - prosoma with a thin white stripe at the edge - opisthosoma with a white stripe on the front and two white dorsal spots at the end - legs black with dorsally white longitudinal stripes - pedipalps black with a white longitudinal stripe
In warm, open, often stony areas, e.g. in dry grassland, wasteland.
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic
This is a male.
According to the Red List Germany this species is endangered.
2 Comments
Thanks a lot :)
Great photography....cool spider :)