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What type of spider is this?
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What type of spider is this?
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 18, 2017
Size: Size of a dime
Contributed by Devined23 on 18 November, 2017 - 2:39pm
Last updated 12 January, 2018 - 9:09am

Related to crab spider
But I don't think it's in the family Thomisidae. Reminds me quite a bit more of Selenopidae, but Pennsylvania is pretty far out of range for them. Could also be Philodromidae, but I couldn't really find any matching pics.
… Tyler Hedlund, 20 November, 2017 - 8:30am

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