Spider molt on Lichen

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Pizzazz
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Spider molt on Lichen

Post by Pizzazz »

Hi Gang

Back story...

In May, I was camping at the Hoh Rain Forest on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State and
I decided to bring back a small sample of some lichen growing on the side of a tree. Lucky for me,
I brought specimen containers and placed the green lichen into one.

When I returned to Florida I decided to take a look and I noticed a small green spider that had hitched
a free ride to Florida! Since I did not want to introduce another invasive species, I let the spider live out
its life in the container.

I noticed as the spider continued to live among the dying lichen, that it had molted.

The spider is now deceased and I decided to shoot the molt as it sits within the lichen.

Here it is.


Mike

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Adalbert
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Re: Spider molt on Lichen

Post by Adalbert »

very nice :smt041

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