executivebexley
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- Nov 3, 2020
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Yesterday I caught two woolly jumping spiders that were on my wall, Pseudeuophrys lanigera, one was a mature female around 6mm and the other a tiny sling maybe 3mm.
Both spiders didn't seem to be in control of their body's, they both would walk forward a step or two, flip out and hop from leg to leg all over the place and often flip on their backs, kicking and arching their abdomens inwards towards their legs, not arching down toward the ground to flip, they couldn't get up easily
I kept them both overnights in separate little catch pots, both had a small fruitfly each and "ran" (seizures) away from them, I put them back outside this morning, I don't want them in the same room as the proper little collection just incase! And washed the pots out after too.
Any ideas what this would be? How did the adult make it to adulthood of affected? Pesticide? DKS syndrome? Something different?
Will see if any other spiders are doing this in locale, it's interesting
Both spiders didn't seem to be in control of their body's, they both would walk forward a step or two, flip out and hop from leg to leg all over the place and often flip on their backs, kicking and arching their abdomens inwards towards their legs, not arching down toward the ground to flip, they couldn't get up easily
I kept them both overnights in separate little catch pots, both had a small fruitfly each and "ran" (seizures) away from them, I put them back outside this morning, I don't want them in the same room as the proper little collection just incase! And washed the pots out after too.
Any ideas what this would be? How did the adult make it to adulthood of affected? Pesticide? DKS syndrome? Something different?
Will see if any other spiders are doing this in locale, it's interesting
