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Adult female - Metellina segmentata - female
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Adult female - Metellina segmentata - Female
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
January 21, 2013
Size: ~7mm body length
Found around the side of the house. Another common local species I've been neglecting. They were more numerous in October, but there are still some around. Very few males left.

ID from epigynum using Levi 1980a.

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 21 January, 2013 - 11:46pm
Last updated 22 January, 2013 - 1:47am

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