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Ventral epigynum - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - female
Copyright © 2008 Jay Barnes

Ventral epigynum - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - Female
Licking County, Ohio, USA
August 31, 2008
Size: 10.1mm
After 24 hours in lacto-phenol/GAA. Still a mess, but the receptacula (the overlapping coils in the center) needed for identification are much more visible now.

38 images, Neo SPlan 5x; NFK 2.5x; transmitted dark field.

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Contributed by Jay Barnes on 15 December, 2008 - 2:27am
Last updated 3 January, 2023 - 9:50pm

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