Unidentified

Picture ID 8052

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Steatoda castanea

Submitted by:
storminateacup1
Submitted: Mar 29, 2018
Photographed: Mar 30, 2018
Spider: Unidentified
Location: Hokitika, New Zealand
Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
Found in web?: No
Attributes:

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ItsyBitsy

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March 30, 2018 11:16 pm

Something about this one looks different, the proportions look a little off. Maybe it’s just the lighting and lack of detail throwing me. I’m not familiar enough with the species in your area to recognize what else it could be.

storminateacup1

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March 31, 2018 2:59 am

I found out what it was
South Island Whitetail spider (Lampona cylindrata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneida
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lamponidae
Genus: Lampona
Species: L. cylindrata
Scientific name: Lampona cylindrata This is the South Island Whitetail spider.
Common name: White tail spider