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Possum Spider
Apr 8, 2021 07:51:36   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
This was odd. I was working in the garage yesterday, and I saw a spider on its back, curled up into a ball. I figured it was dead. I gave it a push with a screwdriver - no reaction. A few seconds later, it got up and walked away. Taking a nap? Playing possum?

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Apr 8, 2021 07:55:25   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
jerryc41 wrote:
This was odd. I was working in the garage yesterday, and I saw a spider on its back, curled up into a ball. I figured it was dead. I gave it a push with a screwdriver - no reaction. A few seconds later, it got up and walked away. Taking a nap? Playing possum?

It has a night job and sleeps during the day.

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Apr 8, 2021 08:34:18   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
It may have been getting ready to shed its exoskeleton and you interrupted I owned a couple of tarantulas during the time I volunteered at the National Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit. It's fascinating to watch the process!

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Apr 8, 2021 08:43:30   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
It may have been getting ready to shed its exoskeleton and you interrupted I owned a couple of tarantulas during the time I volunteered at the National Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit. It's fascinating to watch the process!

Cool.

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Apr 8, 2021 09:19:13   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Good replies.

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Apr 9, 2021 06:20:14   #
Delderby Loc: Derby UK
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
It may have been getting ready to shed its exoskeleton and you interrupted I owned a couple of tarantulas during the time I volunteered at the National Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit. It's fascinating to watch the process!


How's that 14-140 doing?

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