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Orb Weaver? - Tibellus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Orb Weaver? - Tibellus
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 5, 2006
Is this one of the orb weavers?
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Contributed by tom murray on 6 June, 2006 - 3:21pm
Last updated 6 June, 2006 - 7:05pm

Philodromidae.
This is a species of Tibellus. The two black dots near the tip of the abdomen, and the missing leg, are good ways to tell. Ok, I'm kidding about the missing leg, though a stunning number of philodromid specimens seem to be missing at least one:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2006 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the pointers
I'll have to watch for those missing leg spiders:-)
After you got me in the right family, I see some almost identical in the Tibellus page.
… tom murray, 6 June, 2006 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

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