Spider's exuviae -- the shed skin after the molt
There is a spider's exuviae -- the shed skin after the molt -- on native Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora, Asteraceae) in the woods today. It might a tiny Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae), see this photo on the same plant. That word "exuviae" sounds plural, but it is the preferred word even in the singular. It occurs to me that the word "remains" as in "someone's remains" works the same way. Arachtober 10. (San Marcos Pass, 10 October 2022)
Spider's exuviae -- the shed skin after the molt
There is a spider's exuviae -- the shed skin after the molt -- on native Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora, Asteraceae) in the woods today. It might a tiny Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae), see this photo on the same plant. That word "exuviae" sounds plural, but it is the preferred word even in the singular. It occurs to me that the word "remains" as in "someone's remains" works the same way. Arachtober 10. (San Marcos Pass, 10 October 2022)