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Thomisidae xysticus (family & genus; unknown species)
body 7 mm; all one color dark reddish brown, mottled indistinct markings, kind of a "squatty" body with very little definition in parts; body and legs looked flat as a pancake, maybe a little bumpy abdomen; crab-like; front 2 legs longer
urban schoolyard; this spider crawled out from a pile of leaves students collected to study
Spotted on Oct 21, 2016
Submitted on Oct 30, 2016
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