Dear Mandar, i do not think it is a salticid spider, so it is unlikely that it is Harmochirus spp. though their anterior legs appear same, this spider differs...
Dear All, Am re-sending a Gangtok spider for identification please? Both UP and UN pics as required by Dr. Sumit. It plays dead if disturbed and remains on ...
Hi Usha, Your fourth picture looks like Heteropoda venatoria. Friedrich from the Netherlands ... From: usha lachungpa To: SpiderIndia@yahoogroups.com Cc:...
Thank you, Friedrich, Hope to get it confirmed from other spider experts too. Regards, Usha -- Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa Sr. Research Officer (WL) Dept. of...
Hi Vijay, Your spider belongs to the Tetragnathidae. I don't have a "spiderguide" for Indian Tetragnathidae but I found this: Greetings, Friedrich from...
Hi, wonder, if the first one is from tha family Araneus We find many Araneus diadematus (Gartenkreuzspinne) in the garden. Regards nalini ... From: usha...
... Subject: [India-nature-pixs] Bee and Crab-spider Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:10:39 +0530 From: Animish Mandrekar <nightjar6@...> To: India Nature...
Vijay Barve
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Oct 3, 2007 4:57 pm
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Hi Vijay, Your spider belongs to the Thomisidae but it's hard to tell what exact species it is due to the way it is portrayed on the photo. Moderator of...
Hi Nalini, thanks for the info. Is 'Gartenkreuzspinne' the common name for all garden spiders. Thank you for including the local name as it helps here when I...
Hi all, I am new to the group and have recently discovered the wonderful world of spiders. Would appreciate if you could suggest a good Indian field guide for...
Hi, Thanks. It is a wonderful website and it gives very good info about spiders and the different species of spiders of South India. But then it is something...
Dear Janki, We do have a few field guides on spiders. One of them is from WWF's Tamil Nadu State Office and authored by Vijaylakshmi and Preston Ahimaz. You...
Farida Tampal
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Oct 6, 2007 2:01 pm
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Dear Shantanu, You pictured a lovely specimen, next time it will be useful to get a basic sketch of the eye arrangement, and put a note about the general size...
Hi, Thanks Farida. Shall check out both of them. Janaki Farida Tampal <FTampal@...> wrote: Dear Janki, We do have a few field guides on spiders. One...
I wouldnt call ZSI Fauna of Inda series as a field guide. Its for a serious Arachnologist. Vijayalakshmi and Ahimaz's guide is not so clear. I would suggest A...
Thanks for the info Farida Tampal State Director, Andhra Pradesh State Office & Coordinator, Education Programme Coordination Group (EPCG) WWF-India Andhra...
Farida Tampal
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Oct 9, 2007 6:04 am
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Here is a photograph of a Sun Spider from Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. Can anyone please tell me which Gasteracantha species is this? Cheers, Kiran...
Hello all! I request identification of this thumbnail-size brown spider that I photographed in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava ...
It is Parawixia dehaanii (Doleschall, 1859) of the family Araneidae Manju...
Manju Siliwal
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Oct 19, 2007 7:36 am
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Kiran, Beautiful spider but I only realize it is an orbweaving spider because I don't have the right knowledge to identify it. I wish you well, Friedrich ...
hi, i don't know how appropriate it is to call Gastercantha spp. as a sun spider. normally the term sun spider is given to arachnids belonging to order...
