Bark Spiders: Bassaniana

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The Bassaniana genus of crab spiders also goes by the name of bark spiders because of their habit of living under tree bark.

Generally they share the physical characteristics of having dark cephalothorax and a lighter, patterned abdomen.

The picture shows a Bassaniana versicolor (tentative identification). It measures less than one-half inch in length, including the length of the front legs (the picture is enlarged for highlighting purposes).

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