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Ghost Spider

Thomisidae

Photo by Dixie
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Description:

I think this is the backend of a ghost spider????

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Comments (10)

I took Arachnology last semester at my school, learned all kinds of fun things about spiders! One of them being that crab spiders have some weird eyes since they are on those tubercules, looking at it under a microscope is kind of freaky haha. Really cool guys though!
Really?! Thank you AshleyT! I'll ID it.
You're looking at the head :) The white things are tubercules that the eyes (black specks) are on. You can also see the fangs underneath that. This is a type of crab spider, family Thomisidae. Cute little guys :)
Thanks mendes.madalena. Pretty sure it's the rear end!
Greetings Maria and Patty and thank you! Front-end or back-end, it looks like it's smiling because lunch is fast approaching.
Great picture Dixie what a remarkable spider, it does seem to have eyes on its back. Greetings =)
Thank you Rieko! I just don't know if it's rear from it's front. Hmmmm.

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