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Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Shiny black elongated web spider. It has long curled palps.

Habitat:

Found in an old empty fishtank

Notes:

It got sick of running away from my camera and decided to hide like a tiny stick (pic 4 & 5)

Spider #14

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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
Strange palps; it would be great to see them in action.
MartinL
It does that stretch trick the same way but the color and abdomen don't look right. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeschylus18917/4621348727/

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Mission
International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 18, 2012

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