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Thanatus
Copyright © 2013 Stephen Hart

Thanatus
Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 30, 2013
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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 1 July, 2013 - 7:33pm

From Rod Crawford
Yes, they are Thanatus all right. However, I have zero records of this genus from the Olympics, so there is no way to guess which species has turned up there. That particular site does have some other disjunct eastern-Wash. fauna, but this new find is very interesting.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 July, 2013 - 7:52pm

Thanatus
I've emailed Rod.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 July, 2013 - 8:01am

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