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mesh web weaver, MT #4 - Dictyna major - female
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

mesh web weaver, MT #4 - Dictyna major - Female
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
August 17, 2011
Size: 3 mm
Here is a gravid female mesh web weaver with prey. These mostly live on the tops of the tall field grasses. 47°35'2.58"N & 115°19'17.09"W

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 August, 2011 - 4:20pm
Last updated 13 September, 2011 - 7:47am

Voucher Image
Moved from Mesh Web Weavers.

Specimen ID'd by Rod Crawford under microscope.

Note, there is a wasp in this very group that preys on these spiders -
Miscophus evansi. I can't find a photo of it though. ~ Rod Crawford.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 August, 2011 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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