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Photo#423475
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GrammaNature
Weirdest spider I have ever seen !
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, USA
July 8, 2010
Size: 1/2 inch ?
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GrammaNature
on 8 July, 2010 - 3:22pm
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 8:39am
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Lynette Elliott
, 5 December, 2011 - 8:39am
Cordyceps
This is one of the best photos I've seen of cordyceps fungus on a spider. I don't know if anyone actually explained that this was what all that white stuff was.
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xena111returns
, 4 December, 2011 - 11:00pm
Not technically Cordyceps...
But a related fungus,
Gibellula
. More examples
here
.
Comments are generally left on the first image in a series, which is why you didn't see the explanation.
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Charley Eiseman
, 5 December, 2011 - 8:26am
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Lynette Elliott
, 18 July, 2010 - 11:24am