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Spider ID - Thanatus
Copyright © 2007 Preston Scott Justis

Spider ID - Thanatus
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
December 15, 2007
Size: ~5mm (body size)
Resembles something in Genus Dolomedes at first glance, but it's very small.

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Contributed by Preston Scott Justis on 15 December, 2007 - 11:00pm
Last updated 16 December, 2007 - 7:18pm

Just A Guess
It looks like this spider: http://bugguide.net/node/view/124725 Let someone more qualified say for sure though.
… Sharon and Bill Harris, 15 December, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
appears to be a Thanatus.
Note deformed abdomen (right side of adbomen).
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 16 December, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks all....
for the ID. I wonder what caused the deformed abdomen? It was on a bamboo plant crawling along slowly when I saw it. Temps were in the high 40's, low 50's (F) late in the day.

Scott
… Preston Scott Justis, 16 December, 2007 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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