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Hammock Spider - Pityohyphantes costatus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Hammock Spider - Pityohyphantes costatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 20, 2005
Found this one under bark, didn't notice a web.
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2005 - 8:17pm
Last updated 3 January, 2008 - 10:41pm

Looks good -
almost identical image in Spiders of the North Woods, page 56
… john and jane balaban, 12 January, 2006 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks identical in
National Audubon field guide to insects and spiders (1) also.
… tom murray, 12 January, 2006 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

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