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Storosa obscura
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Fact Box
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Storosa obscura (as identified by B. Baehr)
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female: 13 mm
male: 11 mm
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In moist leaf litter and under rocks and logs
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Unknown so handle with caution
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The important visible features of this spider are the smoothly arched carapace, the glossy black body surfaces, and the longitudinal fovea.
This is a leaf litter spider and is readily caught in spider pit traps.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Storena formosa, Habronestes species, and Neostorena species.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 8 September 2009.
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