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Bark crab spider - Bassaniana - female
Copyright © 2018 Dana Wilde

Bark crab spider - Bassaniana - Female
Troy, Waldo County, Maine, USA
December 6, 2018
Size: 7 mm tbl
Found crawling around on washing machine in basement.
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Contributed by Dana Wilde on 6 December, 2018 - 9:56am
Last updated 13 December, 2018 - 7:46am

Moved to genus for now
Moved from ID Request. I caution species ID from habitus images of members of this genus.
… Chad Heins, 13 December, 2018 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

classifacation
im 99% sure its bassaniana utahensis
… steven douglas hess, 6 December, 2018 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! B. utahensis appea
Thank you! B. utahensis appears to be Maine's most commonly found bark crab spider.
… Dana Wilde, 7 December, 2018 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

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