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black crab spider - Coriarachne brunneipes - male

black crab spider - Coriarachne brunneipes - Male
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
October 15, 2009
The last black crab spider in my yard turned out to be Coriarachne brunneipes.

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black crab spider - Coriarachne brunneipes - male black crab spider - Coriarachne brunneipes - male

From Rod Crawford:
This is likely brunneipes, but Bassaniana utahensis also occurs in the area. The easiest non-genitalic feature is whether the carapace spines are sharp-pointed (Coriarachne) or blunt-ended (Bassaniana). Can't quite see that in the online versions of the photos!

And it looks like
you got another one. Great find! Or are those femurs fat enough to be Bassaniana?

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