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    Question crab or spider?

    Maf has been taking insect pics for his website, have a look at the very last picture on this page. . . .wierd...
    It was on a leaf in the garden... thought it was a spider but it looks to have 2 eyes and a crab claw?
    any idea what it is?
    click on the last photo on this page to enlarge it..
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    Re: crab or spider?

    Arachnid. Definitely not a crab.

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    Re: crab or spider?

    whats with the claw thing? that makes like 9 legs?
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    Re: crab or spider?

    It looks like it's eating it.

    I'm pretty sure that's a harvestman. Maybe.

    James should know exactly which arachnid we're looking at here.

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    Re: crab or spider?

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    It looks like it's eating it.

    I'm pretty sure that's a harvestman. Maybe.

    James should know exactly which arachnid we're looking at here.
    Stefan-A that is what it looks like to me too, I goggled it Harvestman Photos - Pictures of Insects in Panama - Harvestman Pictures

    interesting creature!!
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    Re: crab or spider?

    it's a harvestman with an extra deformed leg.

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    Re: crab or spider?

    Quote Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr View Post
    it's a harvestman with an extra deformed leg.
    that's what i was thinking too.......
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    Re: crab or spider?

    i agree it does look like its eating something else but that leg is also the same color as the spiders legs so maybe it is eating one of its own kind?
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    Sweet.....LOVE spiders.
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    Re: crab or spider?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hornets23 View Post
    Sweet.....LOVE spiders.
    umm....the critter in the photo that they are referring to isn't a spider....it's a group called harvestmen....also known as daddy longlegs. they have one body part, head, thorax, abdomen all in one part...spiders have two, the abdomen and cephalothorax.... they are neat anyway tho!!!!

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