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neville park<p>I grabbed a large male midge from a wall nearby—they're still swarming—and slowly waved it in front of the hole. A surprisingly large bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_) emerged, seized it from my fingers, and went back in. Then she turned around and sat as before, with her head just out of the hole, eating the midge. (2/2)</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salticidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Yesterday I was walking past the Sunnyside pavilion when out of the corner of my eye I saw something retreat into a hole in a bike post… (1/2)</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salticidae</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪<p>My kissmate started having a fit, and pointing at my head; I have a visitor.</p><p>I blew my bong hit at it, then flicked it into the ivy.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
neville park<p>she's back</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpiderSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiderSunday</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salticidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>the nerds are at it again</p><p>a new species of ghost spider (family Anyphaenidae) from Brazil's Atlantic forest has been named _Eldar galadrielae_ (the Eldar are the Elves in LotR)</p><p>paper: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01982-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-</span><span class="invisible">01982-4</span></a> :ClosedAccess: // PDF free if you have an account at the World Spider Catalog: <a href="https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18403" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18403</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachnews</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brasil</span></a></p>
neville park<p>I almost forgot it was <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiteMonday</span></a>! Inspired by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@zorbama" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zorbama</span></a></span>'s shot of a running crab spider, clover mite, and midge all together (<a href="https://veganism.social/@zorbama/114373000260983349" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">veganism.social/@zorbama/11437</span><span class="invisible">3000260983349</span></a>), here's a running crab spider (_Philodromus_) I found feeding on a clover mite (_Bryobia_). I don't actually often find many arthropods feeding on the adults, though I've seen predatory _Anystis_ mites eating the eggs.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyMitePic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyMitePic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitestodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitestodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acari</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acariformes</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Tetranychidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tetranychidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Bryobiinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bryobiinae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Philodromidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philodromidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Both my current spiders (cobweb spider and cellar spider) molted this week! </p><p>OK, so you know how instead of gradually turning rust-red like iron does, copper turns from, well, copper to light blueish-green, and how copper compounds will turn a flame blue-green? Well, arthropod hemolymph (their equivalent of blood) uses copper-containing proteins to transport oxygen, and so spider "blood" is blueish-green—like how our iron-rich blood is red. </p><p>You usually can't see it, but right after molting this spider is unusually translucent (the exoskeleton is still hardening up) and the legs still have a distinct blue-green hue. </p><p>Bonus pic: ._.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Pholcidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pholcidae</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪<p>Visitor.<br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpiderSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiderSunday</span></a>: several of the spiders I met on that one warm day last week! A running crab spider (_Philodromus_), a bold jumping spider (_Phidippus audax_), some kind of crab spider in tribe Coriarachnini (_Bassaniana_?), and a good old zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_) with what looks like most of a mesh-web weaver (family Dictynidae). </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ArthroBeauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthroBeauty</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salticidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Philodromidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philodromidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Thomisidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomisidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Dictynidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictynidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>Got quite the shock just now when I saw my pet _Parasteatoda_ had made an egg sac!! </p><p>She has molted since I caught her, so it's not fertilized, she just made it on her own initiative. I didn't think she was full grown! I'm just very surprised. Uh…happy Valentine's Day?</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Theridiidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theridiidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p>The little cobweb spider molted! This is her second molt in my care (she first molted right after I put her in a container). </p><p>She's only a few millimetres long. I think she's a _Parasteatoda_, which can get to about the size of a pea.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Theridiidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theridiidae</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪<p>Visitor. </p><p>😜 I was startled out of my revery by screaming. </p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸</p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 24: this handsome, feisty crab spider (_Xysticus_? Coriarachnini, anyway) was all like "I'll fite u!!!…unless you're an incomprehensibly immense weird-feeling alien being in which case I'll just stay very still and hope you go away." </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/CrabSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrabSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Thomisidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomisidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 23: from June, a long-legged velvet mite (family Erythraeidae) climbs into a silk retreat over the exuvia (molted exoskeleton) of the jumping spider (family Salticidae) that previously occupied it. This is not the first time I have seen mites using old spider retreats for shelter! </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyMitePic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyMitePic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitestodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitestodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteBehaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiteBehaviour</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/JumpingSpiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingSpiders</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acari</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acariformes</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Erythraeidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erythraeidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Salticidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salticidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 22: from June, one of my favourite "lifers" this year, a pair of _Gea heptagon_ orbweavers!! Found in the marshy meadow just past the Oculus. Such unique-looking orbweavers.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ArthroBeauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthroBeauty</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneidae</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪<p>Spider on a lantern.<br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> 🕸 <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 20: the impressive mouthparts of a male _Tetragnatha_ long-jawed orbweaver!</p><p>Both chelicerae and pedipalps are multi-segmented and jointed—true for all spiders, but easier to see here because of the exaggerated anatomy. It points to their evolutionary/developmental origin as modified legs (what else?).</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Tetragnathidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tetragnathidae</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪<p>Spider web covered with dew. <br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> 🕸</p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 18: yesterday I was showering and only noticed this cellar spider (family Pholcidae; I assume _Pholcus phalangioides_) when it was half-drowned. I fished it out and laid it on a piece of toilet paper, and when it was dry gave it a Q-tip dipped in slightly diluted honey, which it grasped with front legs and drank. (Anecdotally, spiders seem to prefer sugary water to plain. I'd typically use sugar syrup, but didn't have any prepared.)</p><p>Later saw it in a couple different places around the bathroom, and now I don't know where it's gone; I hope the cat didn't get it.</p><p>Cellar spiders are not typically thought of as "cute" spiders, but look at their eyes! They look like ._. (well, more accurately, ∵ .. ∵)</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Pholcidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pholcidae</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Arachtober" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arachtober</span></a> 17: gotta delete old photos on my phone to free up space, so, from early June, here's a couple of rather unlucky running crab spiders (family Philodromidae) who don't even have eight legs between them!</p><p>As I explain in a blog post (<a href="https://nevillepark.ca/2024/05/24/i-can-put-my-leg-back-on-you-cant-how-spiders-regrow-limbs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nevillepark.ca/2024/05/24/i-ca</span><span class="invisible">n-put-my-leg-back-on-you-cant-how-spiders-regrow-limbs/</span></a>), spiders can regenerate detached legs when they molt. But typical spiders (basically, not tarantulas, trapdoors, purse-webs, etc.) stop molting once they become sexually mature. If they lose a leg after that, they're stuck that way. And this often happens with highly mobile spiders like running crab spiders. </p><p>(The male in the second picture has regenerated his back right leg recently. If he still had molts left, it would gradually gain colour and become longer and eventually indistinguishable from its counterpart.)</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailySpiderPic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySpiderPic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SpidersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpidersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> • <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Araneae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araneae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Philodromidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philodromidae</span></a></p>
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