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29-MAR-2013	Christine Hanrahan

Running crab spider (Thanatus sp.), male

Ottawa west

Once again, the good folk at Bug Guide helped with the ID of this spider that I found on the snow while out in the woods yesterday afternoon. This was a little guy, about 4 mm in size.

Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
1/1600s f/4.0 at 4.3mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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SRW		05-Apr-2013 14:46
Wow...! Superbly captured...!

Walter Otto Koenig		31-Mar-2013 14:22
4mm? Incredible, an amazing find. "V"

Ann Pettigrew		31-Mar-2013 14:02
Wow, was it alive? Looks like a tiny nursery web spider. Great find.

Terry Sprague		31-Mar-2013 12:08
Nice find!

Stephanie		31-Mar-2013 11:07
It's the Easter bunny in disguise! ;) V Happy Easter Christine! ( )_( ) (='.'=) (")_(")o

Torben Jorgensen		31-Mar-2013 07:32
Nice find at this time of year. Not too much food out there. Looks different from our crab spiders. V

Chris		31-Mar-2013 06:15
Not dissimilar to one of our wolf spiders. Such detail in one so tiny. Happy Easter Christine.

globalgadabout		31-Mar-2013 06:00
it seems to be in full scoot...no wonder with the ground so hostile..

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