Odd woodlouse

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royalwinchester
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Odd woodlouse

Post by royalwinchester »

Found this guy hanging on the wall in a web.
I'm not sure what I'm seeing here. Maybe a spider killed it and fed and then molted leaving a bunch of legs behind?
Last edited by royalwinchester on Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Troels
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Post by Troels »

The legs are fairly short and thick. I think they belong to the woodlouse.
When the spider digests the soft parts of its prey, the legs might loose their soft atachment and fall off into the web.
Just a guess.

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