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I'm thinking Female Micrathena gracilis - Micrathena gracilis - female
Copyright © 2006 Ooigle

I'm thinking Female Micrathena gracilis - Micrathena gracilis - Female
Jefferson CIty, Missouri, USA
January 1, 2006
I found this neat lil guy on the corner of my house.

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I'm thinking Female Micrathena gracilis - Micrathena gracilis - female I'm thinking Female Micrathena gracilis - Micrathena gracilis - female I'm thinking Female Micrathena gracilis - Micrathena gracilis - female
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Contributed by Ooigle on 5 August, 2009 - 2:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2009 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Saw a bunch of these...
Twenty minutes away in Columbia. Guess it's a good time for them in MO.
… Andrew Meeds, 5 August, 2009 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, lots of them!
I also saw a whole bunch of them around my house. First it was just this one, but now there's 5 or 6 of them.
… Ooigle, 5 August, 2009 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah...
A friend and I were doing some bughunting near some neighborhood woods and saw these guys all over the place- Probably close to 20 or 30 of them.
… Andrew Meeds, 5 August, 2009 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Neat!
They're pretty interesting little guys. Heh, sounds like there are tons more in your part of Missouri, though.
… Ooigle, 5 August, 2009 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

looks like it to me
I hadn't even thought much about the males until you posted this. I should look for one. I've only photo'd females. The male sure has a different appearance.

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female


male
… Andrew Williams, 5 August, 2009 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
That really is quite a difference! Thank you, I'll also keep an eye out for some more males.
… Ooigle, 5 August, 2009 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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