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Western Parson Spider

Herpyllus propinquus

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Field Notes

Description:

Red-legged spider with black abdomen and brown thorax. There are yellow markings. I'm not confident of the ID as the colors for this species are usually black and white/tan.

Habitat:

Dirt trail in chaparral

Notes:

Old photo and camera but cool spider!

Reference Links:

Species Herpyllus propinquus - Western Parson Spider - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
There sure is! It's so much fun to find a "new to me" organism! Maybe all this heat will bring out some for us :)
HemaShah
great detail. My most recent "first time" spotting was a moth fly. Still a lot of stuff out their .

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International Spider Survey
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Southern California Wildlife
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJune 26, 2013

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