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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Misumessus » Misumessus oblongus
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KY spider 17 - Misumessus oblongus - male
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

KY spider 17 - Misumessus oblongus - Male
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
May 27, 2011
Size: 2.5 mm
Taken with sweep net.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 June, 2011 - 3:07am
Last updated 10 November, 2011 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 November, 2011 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Yes, [i]M. oblongus[/i]
Yes, M. oblongus - kmp-10024

More images here:
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 10 November, 2011 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 3 June, 2011 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Misumessus oblongus ?
I'd have to revisit the World Spider Catalog to make sure there are no other species in this genus. Maybe that other spider is a juvenile of this?
… Lynette Elliott, 3 June, 2011 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

 
both seemed mature
i had a second one like this that appears to be penultimate male but I didn't image it; we'll see what Kevin thinks
… Brad Barnd, 3 June, 2011 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, both mature.
Yes, both mature.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 November, 2011 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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