Check out the separation between the prosoma and opisthosoma. I didn't even notice while I was taking the pic, but looking at it afterward, I was shocked. Maybe a lot of you have seen this before, though? I recently read a post here that said--and I'm remembering, not quoting--that a highly visible pedicel was indicative of a serious problem. It didn't specify anything more about the nature of that problem. I was just wondering if anyone had any comments about this. The spider is an adult female vagans. A genuine "Florida (Fort White)" vagans, actually. She molted a month or two after this pic, and died during her next molt, over a year later.
