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Salticid with arachnopathogenic fungus - Thiodininae?
Copyright © 2009 Mark Fox

Salticid with arachnopathogenic fungus - Thiodininae?
Slidell, Honey Island Swamp, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 29, 2009
Size: ~1cm
Lateral view. In this one, you can see the legs if you look carefully. I had to look at a few of these under a scope before I was even sure it was a spider!

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Salticid with arachnopathogenic fungus - Thiodininae? Salticid with arachnopathogenic fungus - Thiodininae?
Contributed by Mark Fox on 2 November, 2009 - 2:18pm
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 8:39am

reminds me of this
http://mushroomobserver.org/images/orig/109704.jpg

from The Chalalan Ecolodge in Madidi National Park.

Mark, would you consider uploading this to Mushroom Observer?
… myxomop, 23 February, 2013 - 2:39pm

Moved
Moved from Jumping Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 December, 2011 - 8:39am

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