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Photo#504176
Copyright © 2011
Joan Miller
Unknown spider -
Mastophora
Edinburg, Portage County, Ohio, USA
September 21, 2007
Size: about 5/16"
Photo taken in early evening in field of mixed grasses and wild flowers
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Contributed by
Joan Miller
on 9 April, 2011 - 2:04pm
Last updated 9 April, 2011 - 5:53pm
Ohio Mastophora
Great find!
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Lynette Elliott
, 14 April, 2011 - 6:21pm
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In the second image
it looks as though only the first femur is dark.
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john and jane balaban
, 15 November, 2012 - 8:20am
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Yes, but =]
I don't see this one having the typical bisaccata pattern. Also I see a hint of humps... though they are small ones. When I see that hint of humps I start worrying about M. archeri. I need to study archeri a little more before commenting further.
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Lynette Elliott
, 15 November, 2012 - 8:39am
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Looking at it again and reading about M. archeri
It looks like the femurs might all be dark? I'm thinking that M. archeri is out because the description says legs indistinctly ringed. I see no rings here. At this point I'm stumped. Perhaps it's an oddly marked M. stowei?
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Lynette Elliott
, 15 November, 2012 - 9:40am
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Moved
Moved from
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John R. Maxwell
, 9 April, 2011 - 5:53pm
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amazing
What a beautiful photograph, and spider!
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Michelle McCullough
, 9 April, 2011 - 2:12pm
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Thanks
Thank you, Michelle - early evening sun low in the sky helped the lighting on the guy.
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Joan Miller
, 10 April, 2011 - 8:44am
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