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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Mecaphesa » Northern Crab Spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
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Dorsal view - Mecaphesa asperata - female
Copyright © 2012 Kevin Pfeiffer

Dorsal view - Mecaphesa asperata - Female
Jacobsen Fen, Deuel County, South Dakota, USA
July 13, 2012
Size: 5.8 mm
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Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 2 November, 2012 - 5:13pm

Epigynum?
Kevin, this spider doesn't fit my expectations for M. asperata, but it does appear to match M. celer. Can you post a photo of the epigynum? If I see it's M. asperata, I'll have to ditch my current theory about distinguishing female M. celer in the field.
… Joe Lapp, 18 April, 2013 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Will check -- just getting ba
Will check -- just getting back to the spiders now, after a brief hiatus.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 19 April, 2013 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

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