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Bark Crap Spider

Bassaniana utahensis

Description:

It was about 1/2" diameter and the abdomon was flat like a pancake. It was living on one of the bird nest boxes I monitor.

Habitat:

Meyer Ranch Park. Living on a bird nest box

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5 Comments

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

Thanks for the link Forest Dragon! It's really hard to tell the different species apart, but i'm going to go with Bassaniana utahensis

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Beautiful photo! Perhaps one of these:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/87495/bgpa...

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

haha...thanks carol!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

One of the best photos of a crab spider where it actually looks like a crab... HA!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Yes, a crab spider, not sure what kind.

AdamBrown
Spotted by
AdamBrown

Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 18, 2012

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