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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Micrathena » Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)
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Crablike Spider - Micrathena gracilis
Copyright © 2010 desertsun6

Crablike Spider - Micrathena gracilis
Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, USA
September 9, 2009
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Contributed by desertsun6 on 6 December, 2010 - 10:52am
Last updated 6 December, 2010 - 8:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 December, 2010 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Yes, female
Micrathena gracilis
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2010 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome! thank you.
Awesome! thank you.
… desertsun6, 6 December, 2010 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

I think it's Micrathena gracilis
(Spined Micrathena)
In the future, please crop images to just the bug, since only you and the editors can zoom in to see the full-sized image... although a clear image of the web is a great additional image to have for spiders.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2010 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Good to know that others can'
Good to know that others can't zoom in. In the future I will crop. I uploaded a closer image of the same spider.
… desertsun6, 6 December, 2010 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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