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Scientific name: Harpactea hombergi (Scopoli, 1763) Common name: French name: Harpactée pattes-rayées Order: Araneae Family: Dysderidae Size: 6 to 8 mm for females, 4.5 to 6 mm for males. Biotope: Forests, heathlands, gardens but also inside buildings. Web: No web. Spiders of the Harpactea genus look for food at night, on the ground or on trunks. They hide in a silken retreat during the day. Observation period: All year round. Geographic area: Europe east to Ukraine. |
Harpactea hombergi has a slender and elongated abdomen. It is a pale greyish brown colour with a whitish tip. The cephalothorax is dark brown. The legs are long and clearly ringed with brown, orange and whitish. Femurs 3 and 4 bear each 4 dorsal spines. As the other members of the same family Harpactea hombergi has only 6 eyes. Harpactea rubicunda does not show ringed legs. |
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I have shot this picture of Harpactea hombergi inside the house. You cannot clearly see the pedipalps but the very slender abdomen seems to indicate one male. |
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The background of the picture is nothing else than the wallpaper of the kitchen where I have observed this Harpactea hombergi. |
André Bon July 2017