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Scorpion Spider

Platyoides walteri

Photo by PaulDempsey
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Edith
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Scorpion Spider

Trochanteriidae Platyoides
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Comments (3)
dungeonmasterShu
There are 16 species of Platyoides (Scorpion Spiders), i can narrow this down to one of these 9 species and no further, sorry: Platyoides alpha Platyoides costeri Platyoides leppanae Platyoides pictus Platyoides pirie Platyoides pusillus Platyoides quinquedentatus Platyoides rossi Platyoides walteri
PaulDempsey
This spider is extremely flat, it measure roughly two millimeters in depth, even though it's roughly two centimeters across (including legs).
Edith
This spider is from the Arachnid family (8 legs)
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2011

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