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Tmarus cinerascens
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Tmarus cinerascens (RM)
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female: 5 mm
male: 4 mm
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In a retreat formed by curling up a green leaf
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Uncertain; may be too small to cause illness in humans
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The shape of the abdomen is a useful identifying characteristic. It is also usual for the resting spider to adopt a Y shape using the front two pairs of legs.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Tmarus marmoreus and Sidymella rubrosignata.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 3 January 2010.
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