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Unknown Spider - Philodromus praelustris
Copyright © 2004 Dee Goodell

Unknown Spider - Philodromus praelustris
Southern, Maine, USA
August 7, 2004
At first I thought this might have been a fishing spider of some kind but the body shape does not look right as the abdomen is to flat and broad. And it does'nt really look like a wolf spider to me either. So any clues on this one?
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Contributed by Dee Goodell on 14 August, 2004 - 11:13pm

Philodromus
P. praelustris. ( large crab spider ) I find these on/in the bark of trees.
… Tom Adams, 15 August, 2004 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your help!!
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