Evarcha arcuata

Evarcha arcuata · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

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Evarcha arcuata
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Males are about 4.1-4.9 mm long and females 4.8-5.8 mm long. Males have a dark cephalothorax with white marginal and median stripes, while females are yellow-brown with white margins and a fainter median stripe. The species is found across Europe and extends through Turkey, the Caucasus, Russia to the Far East, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China and Japan.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Female cephalothorax is yellow-brown with white edge stripes and a less clear middle stripe.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

It is a jumping spider belonging to the genus Evarcha.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Salticidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evarcha_arcuata

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