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zelotes sp
A shiny black spider scuttling across the road.
Spotted on Apr 19, 2015
Submitted on Apr 19, 2015
4 Comments
To be honest, I was leaning towards Zelotes too. That helps somewhat, but a species ID is a bit challenging still. There are a lot of them in the US.
Zack,this was narrowed down to a Zelotes on Bug ID
Thnx Zack! I was hoping it would be a trap door spider.Gnaphosidae makes a lot of sense!
This is definitely a spider you can't identify past family rank with just a photo. Examination with a microscope is required.
That being said, all I can tell you with certainty is that this spider belongs to the Gnaphosidae family.
Gnaphosa and Zelotes are two genera of shiny black gnaphosids. There are a lot of total species in these two genera, and thus a lot of possibilities.