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Running Crab Spider

Species-Philodromus praelustris

Spotting Image 1

1 Species ID Suggestions

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BillSweeney
BillSweeney 10 years ago
Wall spider
Oecobius sp. Genus Oecobius - Wall spiders - BugGuide.Net


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3 Comments

DaneRiva
DaneRiva 10 years ago

Thanks ForestDragon looks like a Running Crab spider to me!

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

DaneRiva, nice find! This spider reminds me a lot of a Running Crab Spider, Genus Philodromus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/6823/bgpag...

I found one in Central Islip that looks a lot like yours:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173...

Species page for Philodromus praelustris (images mainly, not much info otherwise): http://bugguide.net/node/view/6826

See what you think.

BillSweeney
BillSweeney 10 years ago

Some kind of little wall spider. Cool little guy.

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DaneRiva
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DaneRiva

Springs, New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 2, 2013

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