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Arrowhead spider

Verrucosa arenata

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Habitat:

Caribbean rainforest, Costa Rica.

Notes:

I saw a lot of (really large!) Golden Orb Weavers at Veragua Rainforest Reserve, but this spider I had never seen before... hope someone can help me ID it.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago
Arrowhead Spider (female)
Verrucosa arenata Species Verrucosa arenata - Arrowhead Spider - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 11 years ago

I found no info on V. mexicana. I'm going with Verrucosa arenata for now...

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 11 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion LivanEscudero - it looks like a good match. I found 2 Verrucosa species recorded for Costa Rica: V. arenata and V. mexicana

http://inbio.eas.ualberta.ca/papers/chec...

I'm trying to find images of V. mexicana to see what it looks like - no luck so far ...

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

I am assuming that the species I suggested occurs in Costa Rica.

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Anne Marie McCaffrey
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Anne Marie McCaffrey

Limón, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 14, 2012
Submitted on Jul 20, 2012

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