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Spined Micrathena

Micrathena gracilis

Photo by ceherzog
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Field Notes

Description:

small

Habitat:

Congeree Swamp

Species ID Suggestions

Spined Micrathena

Micrathena gracilis

Comments (5)

These fellows are so weird & cool! Nice find!
Woah that's wild! Looks like some kind of alien. Awesome pictures, and amazing spider!
Thanks Dan...yeah, I think you're right. I'll try to figure it out. I didn't realize that those little crab-like spiders looked like this when on the move.
I think its Gasteracantha. This site is a good place to search. http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/gasteracantha
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PublishedJuly 21, 2011

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