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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Running Crab Spiders (Philodromidae) » Slender Crab Spiders (Tibellus)
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Running Crab Spider - Tibellus - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Running Crab Spider - Tibellus - Female
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
July 24, 2005
Didn't see the babies hatching or the possible male (dead?) until after blowing up on the computer.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 August, 2005 - 2:20pm
Last updated 17 June, 2008 - 9:50pm

It is most likely Tibellus
Probably T. oblongus, a type of crab spider, believe it or not. The small, dead spider could have been a recent meal.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 6 August, 2005 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yes,
it's a dead ringer. Thanks.
… Lynette Schimming, 6 August, 2005 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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