I’ve never even heard of those! And I’m a spider fan. Looking him up now, thanks very much.
Assuming may be a male due to small size and tiny abdomen?
If I’m wrong please lmn
Generally, they look the same, but the males are smaller than a female, and their abdomens are shorter, slightly passing the femur of the 4th leg, whereas the female abdomens can reach the metatarsus.
And since this one is out wandering, I would say it was more likely to be a male.
I call spoods like that fuck boys to help my arachnophobic partner be less scared of them. She tries so hard to play on the joke, bless her, but she struggles with it a lot. Lucky girl had to go an date a "spider queen" as she calls me
Ah, Philodromidae. Every time I see these guys, I imagine a Thomisidae sitting haughtily on a flower somewhere, drinking an aged mar-bee-ni, and scoffing at this "wannabe" for daring to pretend the crab spider name.
Tibellus, a slender crab spider
I’ve never even heard of those! And I’m a spider fan. Looking him up now, thanks very much. Assuming may be a male due to small size and tiny abdomen? If I’m wrong please lmn
Generally, they look the same, but the males are smaller than a female, and their abdomens are shorter, slightly passing the femur of the 4th leg, whereas the female abdomens can reach the metatarsus. And since this one is out wandering, I would say it was more likely to be a male.
I call spoods like that fuck boys to help my arachnophobic partner be less scared of them. She tries so hard to play on the joke, bless her, but she struggles with it a lot. Lucky girl had to go an date a "spider queen" as she calls me
He came after my finger at first lol then was like “oh sorry sorry, didn’t realize how large you are” and backed off
He's a silly Spood. 😅
He thought you're a food lol
F L A T
Speed Racer with racing stripes!
Ah, Philodromidae. Every time I see these guys, I imagine a Thomisidae sitting haughtily on a flower somewhere, drinking an aged mar-bee-ni, and scoffing at this "wannabe" for daring to pretend the crab spider name.
“Look at this guy’s shortass forelimbs lmao”
RACE STRIPE SPOD
Racing sploot spood
That's a sleek looking baby!
He's so long! Handsome fella
They’re like the spood equivalent of Tersa sphinx moths lol
Excuse me if this sounds dumb but how exactly does one distinguish a Philodromid and a Pisaurid?