Family Gnaposidae
I saved this spider from a sticky spider trap in Taylorsville, Utah by helping it to get its legs free and I succeeded with no loss of
limbs for her or me. I never came close enough to the spider to get bit. I think this is a beautiful spider and in the trap it looked
black but when I used a flash to take this photo, it definitely showed a reddish cast. Gnaphosids are extremely fast runners.
Carol Davis, 5-28-2009
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