Why do spiders get all crystalized like this?
12-21-15, 07:55 PM
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Why do spiders get all crystalized like this?
More a basement thing than a bike thing but all my bikes live in the basement and I sometimes find these with my bikes. You guys have any ideas?
12-21-15, 08:11 PM
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I think that's some sort of fungus covering that dead spider.....Yeccchh!
12-21-15, 08:21 PM
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I'm sure it's OT for C&V bikes. You need to take it over to Spiderforums.net.
12-21-15, 08:47 PM
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I thought this thread would be about patina on crank arms.
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12-21-15, 08:49 PM
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spiders molt - shed their skins so its probably just means there is a larger spider alive nearby.
12-21-15, 09:19 PM
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Hah! I saw this same thing in a basement last week. Freaky looking fungus, some die a slow death and will still move with the white coating.
12-21-15, 09:28 PM
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12-21-15, 09:35 PM
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We have "daddy long legs" that sometimes come into basements that are real long legged like that. Other indoor spiders are little brown jobbers that don't bite. I usually pick them up and deposit them outside. Just haven't seen any as long as in the photo.
12-21-15, 09:56 PM
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that is a nasty fungus. not heard of that.. thought it was just a shell. daddy long legs are good for your basement- they eat black widows.
12-21-15, 10:16 PM
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You remember that David Bowie song about the glass spider?
This guy wasn't as big as the picture. It's just a real close up shot. More or less daddy long leg sized.
Ever watch two daddy long legs get in a fight? Funny as heck, bobbing and weaving.
This guy wasn't as big as the picture. It's just a real close up shot. More or less daddy long leg sized.
Ever watch two daddy long legs get in a fight? Funny as heck, bobbing and weaving.
12-21-15, 10:37 PM
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are you sure they weren't having sex?
12-21-15, 10:42 PM
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As soon as it gets cold they find their way into my bike closet in the shop. Had 29 on the wall last winter.
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12-21-15, 11:15 PM
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