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spider with 4 legs - Philodromus
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

spider with 4 legs - Philodromus
0661.spider.body.4 legs.5-13-09.bh.bg.72.2, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 13, 2009
Small, but not tiny.
Are spiders able to drop legs, these look so surgically severed?

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spider with 4 legs - Philodromus spider with 4 legs - Philodromus
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 13 May, 2009 - 11:00pm
Last updated 1 June, 2009 - 11:04pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynn Bergen, 1 June, 2009 - 11:04pm

Running Crab Spider
One of the Running Crab Spiders.

Spiders can drop legs to escape predators, which is probably what happened to this one. Almost looks like it's missing a palp too.
… Jebus31, 13 May, 2009 - 11:59pm

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