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Unknown Spider - Pisaurina mira - female
Copyright © 2012 Jennifer Forman Orth

Unknown Spider - Pisaurina mira - Female
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 24, 2012
Well, I'm not going to win any awards on this one (unless they give awards for "Best focusing on the background" but I am hoping there is enough info here to id this spider, at least to family. From a moth blitz at Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary.
Contributed by Jennifer Forman Orth on 13 October, 2012 - 12:45am
Last updated 13 October, 2012 - 7:57am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 October, 2012 - 7:57am

Looks to us like
a young Pisaurina mira
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2012 - 7:54am

 
Thanks!
Much appreciated.
… Jennifer Forman Orth, 13 October, 2012 - 10:52am

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