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jran Santa Barbara, CA Jul 17, 2013

I'm pretty sure this is a type of wolf spider (we have lots of them; orb weavers, too). Found this on my door this morning. Located in semi-rural, coastal area in Southern California.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jul 17, 2013

Nursery Web spider? Definitely not a Wolf.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 17, 2013

Looks like a running crab spider in the genus Tibellus - http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/spiders/Tibellus.htm

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jran Santa Barbara, CA Jul 17, 2013

Thanks kwanjin and Flapdoodle.

I checked both suggestions and the nursery web is close, but I think it is an oblong running crab spider (Tibellus oblongus). The head seems to be the right size and position, and there are two black dots near the tail end. I had to blow up my own pic to confirm. Attached is a pic of a similar specimen.

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