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Dwarf Spider - Souessa spinifera - female
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Dwarf Spider - Souessa spinifera - Female
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
February 14, 2010
Size: 2mm
Found in leaf litter at the edge of a coastal plain pond.

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Contributed by tom murray on 14 February, 2010 - 9:12pm
Last updated 15 February, 2010 - 7:26am

Specimen: kmp-6254 I disse
Specimen: kmp-6254

I dissected the epigyne; this does appear to be S. spinifera.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 7 October, 2010 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

Bad news
Confession time: I left this specimen and 371682 in the examination glass on my desk, certainly with the intent of looking at them the next day and although covered by a glass slip, they dried out.. twice. I am not sure now about this being S. spinifera, but also can't really say what it might otherwise be. I'll hold on to the two for a while; perhaps I can come back to it sometime and try to puzzle out the dessicated remains. (Sorry)

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 18 July, 2010 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem
I've had a few specimens dry out because the alcohol evaporated from the plastic vials. Plus this is all volunteer work, so if a few of them don't make it to the microscope, you're not going to get fired:-)
… tom murray, 18 July, 2010 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dwarf Spiders.
I'll see if I can get a shot of the epigyne.
… tom murray, 15 February, 2010 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

..
I imagine that there is at least a chance that this is our Souessa spinifera.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 15 February, 2010 - 2:56am login or register to post comments

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