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Phidippus borealis (Salticidae) - Phidippus borealis - female
Copyright © 2009 John Sloan

Phidippus borealis (Salticidae) - Phidippus borealis - Female
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
June 28, 2009
Size: BL = 13mm
Adult female. Found with her egg sac under the peeling bark of a dying aspen tree, about 3 feet off the ground. She had built a very thick chamber of silk around herself and the egg sac.

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Contributed by John Sloan on 30 June, 2009 - 12:10am
Last updated 30 June, 2009 - 11:33pm

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