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Tree stump spider - Drapetisca alteranda - male
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Tree stump spider - Drapetisca alteranda - Male
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 20, 2009
Size: 4.5 mm
Walking around a tree stump

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 September, 2009 - 7:14pm
Last updated 21 September, 2009 - 7:33am

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… John F. Carr, 21 September, 2009 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

Drapetisca alteranda
That is a male specimen of Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin, 1909.

There is apparently another species in the genus in the southwest and we have one in Europe, which looks rather similar: Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833).

Drapetisca has very characteristic markings on the carapace: smokey dark border, likewise a thick medial line that forks near the head region, and markings that appear to radiate from the median toward the edge.

Nice image!

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 21 September, 2009 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

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