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Ant mimic Spider - Castianeira longipalpa
Copyright © 2002 Troy Bartlett

Ant mimic Spider - Castianeira longipalpa
Canton, Georgia, USA
July 4, 2002
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:29pm
Last updated 29 December, 2005 - 10:38am

I confirmed it's a sac spider...however
I have never seen this spider on vegetation, ground dweller locally; I witnessed this spider running and it did not appear to holds its first pair of legs like antennae
… Tom Adams, 10 April, 2004 - 11:23pm

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