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Ladybird Spider

Eresus walckenaeri

Habitat:

Photographed in forest Ranti in Ikaria.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Velvet spider
Eresus sp.


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3 Comments

StephanieCobbold
StephanieCobbold 12 years ago

Thanks for the link ctaklis- where did you find the spider you photographed (what habitat)?

Chris Taklis
Chris Taklis 12 years ago

thank you. i found it through this site. your help was big.

with this site you may identify many species of spiders in different countries: http://www.jorgenlissner.dk/Eresidae.asp...

StephanieCobbold
StephanieCobbold 12 years ago

Very nice find! This looks like a female Velvet spider (family Eresidae). I would love to see one sometime! Where did you find her?

Chris Taklis
Spotted by
Chris Taklis

Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Αιγαίου, Greece

Spotted on Apr 26, 2010
Submitted on Sep 8, 2011

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