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Is “husk” the correct word? Discarded exoskeleton?

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It was crazy timing, too, I had just been thinking about how irritating that fly was, it was an especially loud buzzer. Then spiderfren was like "I gotchu" and snatched it up. MVP

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Rescued it from my lawn mower before I started it up.

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This little jumper came for quite a ride. My friends and I went trail riding and I discovered this guy during our break. I made sure to drop him off at a perfect plant.

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I noticed this juniper bush was covered in webs and decided to find the artists involved. This grass spider was more than happy to say hi.

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It's about 3/4" (19mm). The jar was big enough. Not anymore.

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I can't help but love these little guys.

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More to scale photo. You can see there's quite a web. I'm a fan of industrious arachnids.

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One of our two young GBBs enjoying a meal.

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I was in Australia (Queensland) about a year ago. I just finished a hike through the forest, and felt something on the back of my neck. Without thinking I grabbed it and threw it on the ground (kind of a gravel road), and it was this little guy. Just the coolest little jumping spider I've ever seen.

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Spider-Man 🕷️hanging outside the 42nd floor of our office building.

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And this one is Dolomedes dondalei.

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You can see the spider is carrying an egg sac in this side view.

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