strange spider?

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decrepit
decrepit
WA
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WA, 12872 posts
11 Mar 2017 12:03pm
This little guy was on the wall just under our internal fuse box. I don't think I've seen anything quite like this before.
Anybody recognise it?????



It's only a centimeter across the legs so this pic is magnified around 10 to 12 times depending on your screen resolution. I'm not sure why the legs are twisted, we haven't touched it. And it hasn't moved in the last 4hrs
pweedas
pweedas
WA
4642 posts
WA, 4642 posts
11 Mar 2017 12:29pm
Yes, I recognise it.
It's a spider.
It probably fell out of it's web and broke it's poor litttle leg, thus it's twisted.
And if it's not moving, it's dead.
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decrepit
decrepit
WA
12872 posts
WA, 12872 posts
11 Mar 2017 2:00pm
The fall theory looks right, trouble is it's a meter up a wall, could have mistimed a Tarzan act on the end of a long thread I guess and just slammed into the wall.
I was about to say it still hasn't moved 6hrs later, but check this.



Legs still don't look comfortable but they have moved.
Spider Rigamortis perhaps?


gavnwend
gavnwend
WA
1374 posts
WA, 1374 posts
11 Mar 2017 2:57pm
It's a dead spider.probably got sapped.
Rails
Rails
QLD
1371 posts
QLD, 1371 posts
11 Mar 2017 5:43pm
Looks like a baby wolf spider
rod_bunny
rod_bunny
WA
1089 posts
WA, 1089 posts
11 Mar 2017 4:01pm
Possibly just molted.
If its anything like the blue manna's I've had for a year, the legs would be very floppy.
Beaglebuddy
Beaglebuddy
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1595 posts
11 Mar 2017 5:23pm



decrepit
decrepit
WA
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WA, 12872 posts
12 Mar 2017 2:05pm
well I didn't kill him/her/it but dead it definitely is, fell to the floor sometime during the night.
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
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NSW, 1576 posts
12 Mar 2017 5:11pm
It would be the husk of a male spider .
After mating its killed & eaten by the female sucks the life out only leaving a husk .
rod_bunny
rod_bunny
WA
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WA, 1089 posts
12 Mar 2017 5:51pm
actiomax said..
It would be the husk of a male.
After mating, the female sucks the life out only leaving a husk .


So just like normal marriage then?
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12872 posts
WA, 12872 posts
12 Mar 2017 5:55pm
actiomax said..
It would be the husk of a male spider .
After mating its killed & eaten by the female sucks the life out only leaving a husk .


Certainly is very light, I guess that's what you call being "completely drained".
PGS
PGS
NSW
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PGS PGS
NSW, 69 posts
12 Mar 2017 8:59pm
Spitting spider
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
1576 posts
NSW, 1576 posts
12 Mar 2017 9:21pm
I sometimes think spiders get it right .
After mating they pay with there life .
Humans after mating pay for the rest of there life
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