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Old 04-15-2007, 07:47 AM   #273 (permalink)
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Re: The Nature Photography Thread

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Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post


This one if for James and his spider identification skills when he shows up.
That's a hard one Stefan. It appears to be a baby, and so bears little or no resemblance to it's adult form yet. From the picture it seems to be a six eyed spider, (rather than the more usual eight) which would place it in the OOnopidae, Dysderidae, Segestriidae or Scytodidae. The general body form would appear to rule out the first three families, which leaves only Scytodidae. So my guess is Scytodes thoracica.
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