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spider - Pimoa altioculata - male
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Schimming

spider - Pimoa altioculata - Male
Bonney Lake, Pierce County, Washington, USA
October 18, 2009
Note the young cellar spider in the top left corner.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 18 October, 2009 - 11:48pm

Is this an orb weaver? (For s
Is this an orb weaver? (For some reason I though that it might also be a spider hunter, but now I'm not quite sure why.)

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 October, 2009 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

 
spider hunter?
What's a spider hunter?
… Lynette Schimming, 19 October, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Hah, maybe we are. But what I
Hah, maybe we are. But what I meant was a species like Mimetus or Ero, that specifically preys on other spiders.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 October, 2009 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Ah ha,
I hadn't really thought of them as spider hunters. I hope that sticks in my overcrowded brain.
… Lynette Schimming, 19 October, 2009 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

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