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Mecaphesa celer

Description:

Adult female 5.5mm. This is one of the known color forms of this spider. It is extremely similar to a common color form of Mecaphesa dubia. One difference that I have found is that Mecaphesa celer that have red on them also have two pairs of dark spots on the anterior dorsal abdomen, with the anterior-most pair wider than the poster pair. If it has red and looks like this but does not have these spots, it's more likely to be Mecaphesa dubia. I believe Mecaphesa celer females are more commonly all yellow.

Habitat:

Found on a Slender-Stem Bitterweed flower.

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2 Comments

SpiderJoe
SpiderJoe 11 years ago

I'd be glad to help Atul. You'll need to flag me down, because I don't plan to monitor Project Noah.

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Lovely ! Welcome to Project Noah Joe :)
Just went through your blog ...really cool !!
Might need your help with some spottings :)

SpiderJoe
Spotted by
SpiderJoe

Austin, Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Dec 22, 2012

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