18+ nev OP , 1 month ago The four-legged running crab spider molted!! It now has seven legs. (The last one must have been lost too recently to make the cutoff.) I might keep it till it gets the last one back, since I have plenty of fruit flies for it. Before & after pics included. #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #Araneae #Philodromidae Ventral shot of the running crab spider next to its exuvia (molted exoskeleton). The spider now has 7 legs (it's still missing one leg III). The new legs are shorter and more translucent than they would normally be, but are otherwise perfect down to the hair.
The four-legged running crab spider molted!! It now has seven legs. (The last one must have been lost too recently to make the cutoff.)
I might keep it till it gets the last one back, since I have plenty of fruit flies for it.
Before & after pics included.
#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #Araneae #Philodromidae
Ventral shot of the running crab spider next to its exuvia (molted exoskeleton). The spider now has 7 legs (it's still missing one leg III). The new legs are shorter and more translucent than they would normally be, but are otherwise perfect down to the hair.