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Field Notes

Description:

Loxosceles spiders are the most feared spiders in Brazil, specially in the southern part of the country. However, this one was no match for the other, long legged spider.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Tom15
Nice one Sergio! Looks like you have a Cellar Spider (Pholcidae). This Wikipedia article says that Cellar Spiders prey on other more dangerous spiders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae Here's one I found that looks close to yours. http://bugguide.net/node/view/99114/bgimage

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International Spider Survey
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Spiders from Parana, Brazil / Aranhas do Parana
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PublishedMarch 11, 2014

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