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Raised M. celer - immature dorsal - Mecaphesa celer - female
Copyright © 2012 Joe Lapp

Raised M. celer - immature dorsal - Mecaphesa celer - Female
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 17, 2011
I raised this spider from a hatchling, but she died before becoming full grown. I was able to ID her to species by ID'ing a sibling male that made it to adulthood. I know the present spider is female because it molted as many times as the male but still was neither an adult nor a penultimate male.

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Raised M. celer - immature dorsal - Mecaphesa celer - female Raised M. celer - immature angled - Mecaphesa celer - female Raised M. celer - immature ventral - Mecaphesa celer - female
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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 20 July, 2012 - 1:44pm

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