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Beautiful pink spider - Acacesia hamata
Copyright © 2006 Arlene Ripley

Beautiful pink spider - Acacesia hamata
Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
August 22, 2006
Size: about 15mm including legs
I wonder if this is a nocturnal spider--it assumed this unusual posture (sleeping?) on the surface of a blackberry leaf and was surrounded entirely by thin webbing. It didn't move when I touched the leaf.
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 24 August, 2006 - 12:08pm
Last updated 24 August, 2006 - 1:36pm

A. hamata
I remember seeing one of these in the woods on a hike once, back in my camera-less days, then trying for the past 10 years to explain it to people--"I saw a PINK spider, YES, PINK!" Now I know I'm not crazy! :D
… jynxxxedangel, 28 May, 2007 - 2:38am login or register to post comments

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Orb Weaver - Acacesia hamata. Images in the guide here. Beautiful image! Great addition to the guide.
… john and jane balaban, 24 August, 2006 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I'm glad to be able to contribute this immage to the Guide. Strange, the way they hold their legs.
… Arlene Ripley, 24 August, 2006 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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