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Arrow-shaped Micrathena - Micrathena sagittata - female
Copyright © 2005 Mike Boone

Arrow-shaped Micrathena - Micrathena sagittata - Female
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
August 26, 2005
Size: ~11mm body length
Found in a small web in a tree at about eye level, on the edge of some woods near my house. Length measurement is from carapace to a line drawn between the posterior spines. You can see a bit of the stabilimentum at the top of the photo.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 28 August, 2005 - 4:52pm

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