Attention all Arachnologists!

[Jacqueline Burrell]

Hi

Does anyone know what these are?

1, 3 and both views of 4 were taken at home in Cairo.

2 was in Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert

[Jaidev]

Yes, I do...........
They are "spiders"
( I am sorry and I take chance to say Happy 2oo8 to all :] )

[Jacqueline Burrell]

Great help Jaidev, I was searching on the ant websites!!!!!

Cheers

Jacqueline :smile:

[beltonbirder]

They look like Wolf spiders to me. I have no books on Egyptian Spiders but when I go down to London I will try and locate a book in the Natural History Museums library and identify them at family level at least.

sorry for the late reply but just joine dthe forum.

Spiders are up my street.

BB

[Jacqueline Burrell]

Thanks BB, your help would be much appreciated as there is a serious lack of information on much of the wildlife of Egypt.

JB

[gnr479]

Hello Jacqueline

New to the site so just seen your post.I can only identify one species for certain but can put the other 3 to family.

1. Is of the order salticidae commonly refered to as jumping spiders as is no.3
2. Is of the order lycosidae which as pointed out in a previous message are known as wolf spiders.

4. Is Scytodes thoracica commonly referred to as the spitting spider.

Unfortunately most species need to be put under a microscopic for identification to species.

Just in case you are wondering apart from birds my other passion is spiders.I am not sure if there are any books covering Egyptian spiders as they are a very neglected group,only 2 field guides available in the UK and they are not comprehensive.

Best Regards

Glyn

[Jacqueline Burrell]

Hello Jacqueline

New to the site so just seen your post.I can only identify one species for certain but can put the other 3 to family.

1. Is of the order salticidae commonly refered to as jumping spiders as is no.3
2. Is of the order lycosidae which as pointed out in a previous message are known as wolf spiders.

4. Is Scytodes thoracica commonly referred to as the spitting spider.

Unfortunately most species need to be put under a microscopic for identification to species.

Just in case you are wondering apart from birds my other passion is spiders.I am not sure if there are any books covering Egyptian spiders as they are a very neglected group,only 2 field guides available in the UK and they are not comprehensive.

Best Regards

Glyn

Hello Glyn and welcome to this fantastic site.

It great to have someone else around with a passion for spiders although my interest initially grew out of an interest in macro photography. In Egypt, we don't even have a natural history museum and there are few books on any group, 2 birds books, one on butterflies, a few on Red Sea marine life and the latest edition reptilia so I spend hours surfing the net with varying success. There are supposedly 385 species of spiders recorded from Egypt up until 2002 but I can't find a comprehensive list.

Thanks for the positive ID and I'll see what I can find on the other orders.


Best regards

Jacqueline