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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Swift Crab Spider (Mecaphesa celer)
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Mecaphesa sp.? (2006, 2007) - Mecaphesa celer - male
Copyright © 2012 Emily Tenczar

Mecaphesa sp.? (2006, 2007) - Mecaphesa celer - Male
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA

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Mecaphesa sp.? (2006, 2007) - Mecaphesa celer - male Mecaphesa sp.? (2006, 2007) - Mecaphesa celer - male
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Contributed by Emily Tenczar on 17 January, 2012 - 8:34pm
Last updated 11 February, 2012 - 9:16am

Moved
Moved from Mecaphesa.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 February, 2012 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

Mecaphesa celer
I spent much of the day studying celer-like specimens, including examining and photographing celer identified by Hank Guarisco. So far, all specimens having a pattern like this on the abdomen are Mecaphesa celer, so that's how I'd peg it.
… Joe Lapp, 11 February, 2012 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

 
now have tag all
I just noticed that I'm now seeing "tag all" on other people's specimens. Does that mean I'm free to move things around?
… Joe Lapp, 11 February, 2012 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure
Give it a try... if it doesn't work I'll move them.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 February, 2012 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

 
Didn't work
Nope, didn't work. I can tag them, but I don't get a "move tagged images" link on the images page for the taxon, like I do when moving my own images around. That's weird.
… Joe Lapp, 11 February, 2012 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crab Spiders.

Emily, do you know the day & month this image was taken?
… Lynette Elliott, 6 February, 2012 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
No I'm not sure, because my f
No I'm not sure, because my file data says July 2010 and that is wrong. I don't even know if it was july, and not sure how the date got goofed up either.
… Emily Tenczar, 9 February, 2012 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Mecaphesa. The abd
Definitely Mecaphesa. The abdomenal pattern looks like that of a specimen I found in the UT collection. I plan to tackle it, will post.
… Joe Lapp, 6 February, 2012 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. It looks hairy enough. Let's see if we can get anyone else to agree.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 January, 2012 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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