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Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma - female

Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma - Female
Athens/ Sandy Creek Nature Center, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
September 25, 2007
Size: 2 cm wide
The first time I saw this amazing spider it was late morning, but I have been back a couple of times and she hasn't moved much (if at all.) In fact, she seems utterly imperturbable, and doesn't respond to having her leaf moved around. I say "she" because this appears to be a female bolas spider of some kind. Since there aren't any matching photos here on BugGuide, I submitted these images to www.whatsthatbug.com. The kind folks who wrote in to that site were inclined to believe this is in the Mastophora genus, but no one knew the species.

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Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma - female Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma - female Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma - female Bolas spider (Mastophora?) - Mastophora phrynosoma

Moved
Moved from Bolas Spiders.

See discussion here.

Moved
Moved from Bolas Spiders.

Yes, it's a female
Photo of male and more info here:
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/spiders/Mastophora.htm

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