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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Gea » Gea heptagon
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Crab Spider - Gea heptagon
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Crab Spider - Gea heptagon
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 18, 2009
Looks like a crab to me, but then I don't know much about spiders. So, if there's a place for this creature, have at it :)
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 19 August, 2009 - 1:00pm
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 11:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Schimming, 19 August, 2009 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

We would suggest
Gea heptagon
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Male orb weaver?
I think this may be a male orb weaver, just don't recall which one. Many spiders adopt static postures like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 August, 2009 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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