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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Guardstone Spiders (Phrurolithidae) » Phrurotimpus » Phrurotimpus borealis
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mating spiders - Phrurotimpus borealis - male - female
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mating spiders - Phrurotimpus borealis - Male Female
Schwenksville, montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 20, 2015
Size: ~6mm (body length)
These tiny spiders were joined and jumping all around on a tarp we have set out for collecting mulberries. They are so small that it wasn't until they separated that I knew there were to of them.

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Contributed by WanderingMogwai on 20 June, 2015 - 4:23pm
Last updated 24 March, 2023 - 11:09am

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Moved for the experts
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Phrurotimpus borealis?
… John Rosenfeld, 21 June, 2015 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Phrurotimpus borealis
Yes! Absolutely!! All I kept finding in my searches for iridescent or metallic spiders was Philodromus marxi - Metallic Crab Spider which just wasn't right. This little guy tho is right on the money.... especially with the white 'knees'. Thank you!!
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