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Male crab spider - Bassaniana utahensis - male
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Pfeiffer

Male crab spider - Bassaniana utahensis - Male
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
June 21, 2009
Dark male crab spider (Coriarachne?) found on garden deck.

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Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 21 June, 2009 - 11:03pm
Last updated 5 July, 2009 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Coriarachne.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 July, 2009 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

This is Bassaniana utahensis.
This is Bassaniana utahensis. I'll try to take some pedipalp pictures later this week, if possible.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 5 July, 2009 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Schimming, 30 June, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Coriarachne
Nice pictures! I agree with you on Coriarachne. That flattened carapace is distinctive.
… John Sloan, 22 June, 2009 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

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