Unidentified

He’s a Grass Spider in family Agelendae. The “protruding things from its rear end” are spinnerets which eject thin sprays of liquid silk that solidifies as it hits air. Spiders can control the thickness and strength of the silk they use. The spinnerets can pivot to make a variety of patterns. They aren’t this visible on other types of spiders. Unfortunately some people think they are stingers. I admit that I wasn’t totally certain and had to google, “What are the pointy things on Grass Spiders?” 😉 This one is male, he has swollen pedipalps (the things sticking out from… Read more »