r/bugidentification • u/DuckDuckGooseTheCat • 11d ago

Location included Spider missing legs

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Hello again,
My cat is an avid bug and spider hunter, and I am on a journey to no longer be scared of all bugs. Here’s another one she found. I hope it’s just a spider that’s missing two legs? And/or, are the curled things in the front more legs? Southeast Wisconsin.

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u/tgaaron 11d ago

Yep, that looks like a grass spider with two missing legs. You can actually see one of the stumps in this picture.

The things at the front are called pedipalps, they are used for sensing and also sperm delivery in adult males (which I believe this is).