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Photo by Tiz
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Field Notes

Description:

Bidy size: 1 cm. It looks like he lost one leg, and an other leg growing out? Is that possible among spiders?

Habitat:

Granite rocks at the shore of a river (brackish water)

Species ID Suggestions

Grass spider

Tibellus sp.
AlanThornhill
1

Nursery Web Spider

Chaiasmopes sp.
Johan Heyns
1

Comments (3)
Tiz
Thank you Alan :) Very much appreciated!
AlanThornhill
Tiz, yes, spiders can growth another leg if they lose one when young.
Tiz
Thank you very much for your ID suggestion Johan. I will investigate a bit more.

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International Spider Survey
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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