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tiny purple metallic spider

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

~0.5cm metallic highly reflective exoskeleton (difficult to flash and focus), rust legs

Habitat:

I saw this tiny guy scuttle under a leaf on a low ash sapling at a forest edge at twilight, difficult to get the right light to focus. It rushed into the leaf axil where i was able to slowly turn the branch and get some shots.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Perhaps something from Philodromus? http://bugguide.net/node/view/590466

Spotted for Missions

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International Spider Survey
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedJune 25, 2014

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