Posted by lynkos on 20-08-2006 10:54
#1
Not the clearest of photos, but perhaps good enough for an ID. About 4 mm long, never still for long, photographed two days ago on rocks alongside a stream near Rome, Italy.
Thanks, Sarah.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-08-2006 12:38
#2
Lispe tentaculata female - a mate for your "life and death" male. As she hasn't got her head tucked into lunch, you can see the dilated palps that are characteristic of this genus. Her hind basitarsus is only slightly swollen, and she doesn't have the modification of the front basitarsus (which you can't see very clearly in your photo of the male, so I didn't mention it). Otherwise if you compare the two you'll see they match very well.
Posted by lynkos on 20-08-2006 15:41
#3
I had noticed a close resemblance, but I had imagined a sort of cousin rather than a mate! Thanks again Tony, Sarah.