Arachnids of North Carolina
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Xysticus funestus - a ground crab spider

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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: AraneomorphaeFamily: Thomisidae                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Structural photos
Xysticus funestus
Voucher specimen: NCSU Entomology Museum, Raleigh, NC GUID 320526		 Xysticus funestus
Voucher specimen: NCSU Entomology Museum, Raleigh, NC GUID 320526		 Xysticus funestus
Voucher specimen: NCSU Entomology Museum, Raleigh, NC GUID 320526		 Xysticus funestus
Photo of epigynum taken in vivo		 Xysticus funestus
Post mortem photto (different spm)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Xysticus funestus
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Durham
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 Photo Gallery for Xysticus funestus - a ground crab spider

Photos: 19

Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-11-05
Hoke Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-11-05
Hoke Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-08-20
Rockingham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2024-05-30
Henderson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark BASINGER & Donald ZEPP on 2023-10-23
Pitt Co.
Comment: Epigynum shown post mortem in "Structural photos," above.		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2023-07-27
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Peter HULTH & Donald ZEPP on 2023-05-17
Johnston Co.
Comment: To see epigynum, click "Structural photos" in "Identification" section above.		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-11-19
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-11-19
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: R. Newman on 2020-11-03
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman on 2020-11-03
Carteret Co.
Comment: FOMA		Recorded by: Donald ZEPP on 2020-10-19
Johnston Co.
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Recorded by: Donald ZEPP on 2020-10-19
Johnston Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Donald ZEPP on 2020-10-19
Johnston Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-08-13
New Hanover Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2020-06-18
Cherokee Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2017-10-24
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Ken Kneidel on 2017-10-24
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2012-06-07
Halifax Co.
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