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Spider BG484 - Misumessus oblongus - female
Copyright © 2007 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Spider BG484 - Misumessus oblongus - Female
Little Bayou Sara at Highland Road, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 14, 2006
Size: body length 4.5 mm.
Based on smooth (non-bristly) appearance and lack of a brow ridge, we are placing this in the genus Misumena.
Confirmation/correction welcome.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 24 January, 2007 - 10:50pm
Last updated 7 May, 2015 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Goldenrod Crab Spider.
… john and jane balaban, 7 May, 2015 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Flower Crab Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2010 - 6:18pm

Certainly looks like one to us
We will place this face image to the info page
… john and jane balaban, 25 January, 2007 - 1:38pm

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