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Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - male

Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - Male
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 31, 2011
Size: Body length 6mm
perhaps a rather long-legged Running Crab Spider?
My thanks for additional ID help!

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Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - male Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - male Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - male Running Crab Spider? - Philodromus - male

Thank you Lynette!
Moved from Spiders.

Yes, running crab spider
It looks pretty darn close to my image of P. spectabilis, however CA has a ton of Philodromus, so I can't be sure it's not another species. I do think that the genus is right though.

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