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What spider is this? - Mimetus
Copyright © 2008 Fenoy Butler

What spider is this? - Mimetus
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, USA
August 21, 2008
Size: ~1/2 inch
Sorry about the focus. About the best the camera and operator could come up with for some reason.
Contributed by Fenoy Butler on 21 August, 2008 - 3:16pm
Last updated 11 September, 2008 - 10:21pm

Now this one has legs long enough
to be a Mimetidae. Click on this thumbnail
… john and jane balaban, 21 August, 2008 - 7:01pm

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