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unknown spider - Peucetia
Copyright © 2012 Gary McDonald

unknown spider - Peucetia
Willow Springs, San Benito County, California, USA
July 11, 2012
Size: 11mm length
Collected by using sweeping net on sagebrush, buckwheat, & Ericameria linearifolia. (Blue Oak/grassland habitat).
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 12 July, 2012 - 4:38pm
Last updated 12 July, 2012 - 9:46pm

Moved to Peucetia
Moved from ID Request. It looks like P. viridans to me, but I don't have much experience with the males.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 July, 2012 - 9:46pm

Green Lynx spider
Maybe the western one. Let's see what Lynette says.
… john and jane balaban, 12 July, 2012 - 4:40pm

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