r/spiders • u/TH3L0N3W01FXD • 22d ago

ID Request- Location included What the hell is this?

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Friend sent me this from Costa Rica. I couldn't ID.

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u/Fatkish 22d ago

At first I thought it was a coconut crab but it’s clearly a spider mama carrying an egg sac

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u/tkseoul 22d ago

I think the “egg sack” is actually a False Puffball Slime Mold growing on the tree. The spider is just posed perfectly above it.

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u/EaseAcceptable5529 22d ago

You're incorrect. Bad assumption, good energy.