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Centromerita? - Centromerita bicolor - female

Centromerita? - Centromerita bicolor - Female
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
September 26, 2012
Size: ~3.5mm body length
Alright, a giant image set coming up here!

This female was found as an immature along with the male here, under some wood lying in leaf litter:

It looked like he was guarding her, so I'm hoping she's Centromerita bicolor as well. The epigynum does resemble diagrams found on the following page:
http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/Centromerita_bicolor-data-47.html

She molted last night. I gave her over 15 hours before shooting, so I imagine her adult coloration has set in. At the end of this series are some images which show her before molting.

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Moved to Centromerita bicolor
Moved from Spiders. ID confirmed by Rod Crawford.

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