Fungal Infection on Jumping Spider (Phiddipus putnami) Bon Aqua, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA August 22, 2013
I noticed an odd looking spider on the underside of a pickerelweed in one of my kiddie wading ponds August 22, 2013. I approached and thought I saw it turn away from me. I moved several leaves from around it to get photos but the spider only moved 2 more times throughout some major disturbances and only a cm away. I finally picked the leaf and carried it to a better location for pix. It appears to have a fungus growing out of its body. When I went out the next morning the spider was dead. The spider appears to be a Jumping Spider (Phiddipus putnami). — at Hickman County, TN.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by Lisa Powers on 23 August, 2013 - 11:54am Last updated 12 March, 2018 - 3:46pm |