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THE COMMON SPIDERS 



the legs are not as long and slender. The general color is 

 light gray, with a distinct wide light stripe in the middle of 

 the thorax, and a dark brown pointed stripe with white edges 

 in the middle of the front half of the abdomen (fig. 117). The 

 head is a little longer and higher than in most Thomisidae, and 

 the abdomen is a little longer and not so much widened behind. 

 The eyes are much as in Philodromus, but larger and nearer 

 together. The whole body is hairy, with longer and darker 

 hairs scattered among the short ones. The males differ but 

 little from the females except in having a little longer hairs 

 and darker color. They live on plants and may be mistaken 

 for Philodromus (p. 35) or for Ocyalc undata (p. 88). 



Fig. 117. Thanatus coloradensis, enlarged four times. 



