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Scytodes atlacoya
Photo#105205
Copyright © 2007
Perry Babin
Scytodes -
Scytodes atlacoya
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Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Size: 7mm
I think this is Pholcus. If it's not, please move it to the correct page.
Thanks
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Contributed by
Perry Babin
on 24 April, 2007 - 8:53am
Last updated 1 December, 2020 - 9:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Scytodes longipes
.
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 1 December, 2020 - 9:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Scytodes
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 27 November, 2017 - 9:46pm
Wonderful!
I didn't see these when they were first posted. Beautiful series of photos.
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Carol Davis
, 27 September, 2007 - 1:36pm
Moved
Moved from
Spitting Spiders
.
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Jeff Hollenbeck
, 24 April, 2007 - 6:57pm
Moved
Moved from
Pholcus
.
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Perry Babin
, 24 April, 2007 - 1:48pm
Let me preface this by saying
Let me preface this by saying I know little about spiders: but it does looks somewhat like the Scytodes thoracia I posted yesterday... though the coloration is a bit off.
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Joe, Entomologist (in training)
, 24 April, 2007 - 1:01pm
I agree.
Definitely a spitting spider. The high, dome-like cephalothorax, and the arrangement of the eyes, leave little doubt.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 24 April, 2007 - 1:43pm