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Hexura picea Simon, 1884. Family Mecicobothriidae. - Hexura picea - female
Copyright © 2018 Rick C. West

Hexura picea Simon, 1884. Family Mecicobothriidae. - Hexura picea - Female
Avatar Grove, Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
May 17, 2018
Size: ~10 mm
A small fossorial mygalomorph spider that lives in small sheet webbed retreat amongst mosses in shaded old growth conifer forests.
Contributed by Rick C. West on 17 October, 2018 - 11:21am
Last updated 8 November, 2018 - 9:37pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Rick C. West, 8 November, 2018 - 9:37pm

Moved for the experts
Moved from ID Request. Looks correct, but this one is outside my area of expertise.
… Chad Heins, 8 November, 2018 - 10:13am

 
Hexura picea
The species is correct and has been ID'd by Dr. Robb Bennett, Royal BC Museum, and recorded on E-Fauna BC Spiders - http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/spiders.html
… Rick C. West, 8 November, 2018 - 11:00am

 
Okay
I'll let you move it to the species page.

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… Chad Heins, 8 November, 2018 - 1:23pm

 
Hexura picea
I think I did it. :-)

Thanks for the instructions.

Rick
… Rick C. West, 8 November, 2018 - 9:39pm

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