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Purse-web Spider web

Atypidae sphodros

Photo by Robert Emond
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Field Notes

Description:

Purse-web spider female lives inside of the web tube at the base of the hardwood tree. These are accomplished ambush predators.

Habitat:

hardwood forest

Notes:

San Felasco Hammock Preserve SP--Moonshine Creek Trail in Gainesville, FL

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Insects of Florida
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PublishedOctober 13, 2016

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