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Feathery trichobothria - Mangora
Copyright © 2008 Eric R. Eaton

Feathery trichobothria - Mangora
Chicopee watershed (872 S15), Unknown County, Massachusetts, USA
July 21, 2008
Image of leg III taken through microscope showing the cluster of feathery trichobothria that helps identify this genus. Works great when the specimen is dead and lacks color pattern clues:-)
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 November, 2009 - 9:36am

WOW - thanks Eric!
That's the first image of trichobothria I have seen. So far I only saw drawings. Or so I thought! Now I can also see them in the Mangora picture I posted:
… Marie L. Schmidt, 1 November, 2009 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
You're welcome:-)
Thanks for posting your own image of a live spider!
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 November, 2009 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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