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Mimetus puritanus
Small, relatively non-descript. Note very long spines on inner margin of each front leg.
Found this one prowling around the post office in a rural/suburban residential neighborhood. Surrounding habitat mostly deciduous forest broken by roads and agricultural fields.
More on pirate spiders here: http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2011/09/spid...
Spotted on Oct 21, 2009
Submitted on Feb 2, 2013
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