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Carepalxis species?

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Species:
Carepalxis species?
(Note: This tentative identification is based on similarities with known Carepalxis species)
Family:
Araneidae
formerly Argiopidae
Body length:
female: about 7 mm
male: about 4 mm?
Habitat:
This spider probably builds a small orb web late in the evening then destroys it the next morning
Toxicity:
Unknown, but but this small non-aggressive spider is unlikely to cause significant human illness
Carepalxis species?
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Rear view

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: None.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 5 July 2009