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Spider 2008 06 05 019
Image by e_monk
I like to get shots of spiders in my hand. This one did not like my hand.
Whenever I scooped her up and dumped him in my palm, she would immediately jump off. If I dumped her on the counter, she did not have the same reaction. I guess the other explanation is that he really liked my kitchen counter.
In this shot, the front legs are flexed a bit so it's hard to appreciate just how long they are compared to the other legs.
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IDed as Schizocosa crassipes, a type of wolf spider by the folks at bugguide.net/node/view/188188
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Lycosoidea
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Schizocosa
Species: S. crassipes
Binomial name: Schizocosa crassipes
