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Adult Female - Microlinyphia pusilla - female

Adult Female - Microlinyphia pusilla - Female
Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada
July 2, 2012
Size: BL ~ 3.3 mm
I would have been hard pressed to tell the difference between this species and Microlinyphia m. mandibulata based only on the epigynes. They are very similar. In the end I had to rely on the dorsal and ventral abdominal markings to tell the two species apart.

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