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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Bolas Spiders (Mastophora) » Mastophora yeargani
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Bolas spider - Mastophora yeargani - female
Copyright © 2017 Stephen E Leitkam

Bolas spider - Mastophora yeargani - Female
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
December 13, 1901
Size: ~0.25 inch (6 mm)
Mastophora sp. Any thought on the species? I was thinking possibly M. yeargani.

Thanks in advance!

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Bolas spider - Mastophora yeargani - female Bolas spider - Mastophora yeargani - female
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Contributed by Stephen E Leitkam on 16 July, 2017 - 9:11am
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 8:50pm

These are always tough
but yeargani seems a good call. Let's see what others think.
… john and jane balaban, 16 July, 2017 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
This is my first bolas, so I've got nothing to go by, and don't even know what species may occur where I am. But I saw a photo on Bugguide of a spider that looked almost identical, and was from West Virginia, so right nesmxt door, si that seemed like a possibility.

Thanks again.
… Stephen E Leitkam, 16 July, 2017 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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