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spider on toilet paper! - Scytodes thoracica - female
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

spider on toilet paper! - Scytodes thoracica - Female
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
August 30, 2009
I was about to replace the toilet paper roll when I found him on the roll when I picked it up!
Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 31 August, 2009 - 9:24am
Last updated 30 March, 2017 - 1:12pm

Female
Thin palps = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 30 March, 2017 - 10:02am

Moved
Moved from Scytodes. ID based on range and pattern.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 November, 2011 - 8:28pm

A Spitting Spider
Moved from Spiders. Cool find.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 August, 2009 - 9:52am

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