Bassaniana
(Bark Crab Spiders)

Picture ID 15516

Picture of Bassaniana (Bark Crab Spiders) - Dorsal

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Spider appeared to have only 6 legs?

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, your image has been filed. (See above image for ID.) 🙂

ItsyBitsy

It does appear to be missing some legs, they do lose them sometimes – it’s called autospasy. If they’re immature when it happens they can even start to regrow them.

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Picture of Bassaniana spp. (Bark Crab Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Bassaniana spp. (Bark Crab Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Bassaniana spp. (Bark Crab Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture