Distribution Records
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Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Similar coloration to A. stellata.
Females (6-10 mm) Can be distinguished by smaller size, narrow abdomen & lighter less contrasting pattern. This is the only species that might have ventral white marks. It might have a white transverse mark or two white spots behind the genital groove. Males (5-7.5 mm) have 4th coxa without tubercle.
The males of A. venusta can be separated from A. stellata by the narrower abdomen with the terminal tubercle turned upward, the much narrower ventral apophysis on
the tibia of the palpus and the paracymbium. The females can be separated from A. stellata by the narrower abdomen and the epigynum |
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Smaller than A. stellata. Female. Length, 6.0 mm., ceph. 3.0 ram. long, 2.2 mm.
wide, abd. 4.2 ram. long without the anterior and posterior tubercles, 4.0 mm. wide. ale. Length, 6.2 mm., ceph. 4.0 mm. long, 3.4 ram. wide, abd. 3.0 ram. long, 2.9 ram. wide.
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| adult_id | 1 identifiable by photo 2 identifiable by photo of specific features and/or supplementary info 3 identifiable from specimen only |
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Virginia to Florida |
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>=4,000 ft. | |
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<4,000 ft. | |
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Coastal Plain | |
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Fields, roadsides, grasses, grassy cypress, swamps, sawgrass and floating island vegetation |
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