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Mabel Orchard Spider - Leucauge venusta - female
Copyright © 2002 Troy Bartlett

Mabel Orchard Spider - Leucauge venusta - Female
Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA
November 30, 2002
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:30pm
Last updated 1 August, 2005 - 3:46pm

Mabel venusta?
According to the National Audubon Society:

The Mabel Orchard Spider's sientific name is: Leucauge mabelae

and the Venusta Orchard Spider's sientific name is: Leucauge venusta
… Jonathan Burishkin, 28 December, 2005 - 11:49am

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