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Please try to identify this spiderling. - Trachelas
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Please try to identify this spiderling. - Trachelas
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
December 8, 2021
Size: body ~6 mm long
Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 3 January, 2022 - 4:31pm
Last updated 4 January, 2022 - 7:16am

Moved to genus for now
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 4 January, 2022 - 7:16am

Trachelas
This looks like the genus Trachelas to me. I am no expert in spiders, so it is sometimes the best practice to take my ID w/ a grain of salt. However, to me this looks extremely similar. Also, it looks like it has only 6 legs. Maybe it lost those?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 3 January, 2022 - 4:53pm

 
Yeah, it's missing a single f
Yeah, it's missing a single front leg.
… Hexapoda, 3 January, 2022 - 4:59pm

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