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long-jawed orb-weaver - Metellina segmentata - female
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long-jawed orb-weaver - Metellina segmentata - Female
Morse Wildlife Preserve, Graham, Pierce County, Washington, USA
October 11, 2009

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 October, 2009 - 11:21pm
Last updated 12 October, 2009 - 9:16am

Moved
Moved from Metellina.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 October, 2009 - 9:16am

Perhaps M. segmentata...
Although I would prefer to see the specimen under a microscope, I would say Metellina (greetings from Europe) segmentata.

(http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/Bestimmung/Familienschluessel/tetragnathidae/metellina/w-139-3a.gif)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 12 October, 2009 - 3:58am

 
Thanks
You were right.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 October, 2009 - 9:26am

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