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Spider - trap door? - Sphodros atlanticus
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Spider - trap door? - Sphodros atlanticus
State Botanical Garden, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
May 12, 2016
Contributed by Bill Sheehan on 14 May, 2016 - 1:04pm
Last updated 9 January, 2017 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Sphodros.
… marshal hedin, 9 January, 2017 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 18 May, 2016 - 10:45am

Sphodros
One of the purseweb spiders, possibly Sphodros atlanticus, male. Need an expert to confirm.

Nice find.
… Brian Stone, 14 May, 2016 - 4:13pm

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