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Spined Micrathena

Micrathena gracilis

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The only web-building members of the species are the females.

Habitat:

temperate forest

Notes:

I spotted only one of these spiders when I visited Point Pelee national park last year, but this year was different. In one small area alone, there were at least 5 of these spiders. Definitely not as rare in the park as I first thought.

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Comments (4)

Very interesting abdomen, great picture!

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