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What is this a picture of, an insect or a spider?

I can't tell if this is a spider (I only see 6 legs) but if it is an insect I'd like to know what kind of insect it is because I've never seen one like it before. I caught this picture while taking pictures of bee and didn't even realize it was in the frame until I processed the images.
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cascadehus... cascadehus...
 
 May 19, 2009 07:00 AM
It's got 8 legs, it's a spider.
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skyvan skyvan
 
May 19, 2009 07:30 AM
I only see 6 legs, are you sure there are 8 and it's not just a reflection?

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cascadehus... cascadehus...
 
May 19, 2009 08:02 AM
Sorry, I counted 1 twice, i think there are 7 legs.

There are 2 legs on the lower right hand side of the creature. They are super-imposed on each other in the image.

Those long spindly legs and large thorax deffinetly look like a spider to me, although I think there is on species of bug that looks like that... a sort of imitatory camouflage.

I would suggest posting it on flickr in a group about spiders.

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skyvan skyvan
 
May 19, 2009 08:08 AM
Aah I see, 7 legs. This is a mystery. Guess I'll just have to settle for mystery :)

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cascadehus... cascadehus...
 
May 19, 2009 09:37 AM
It's much more likely to be a spider that's lost 1 leg, than an insect that's grown an extra one :)

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drmatt drmatt
 
May 19, 2009 03:13 PM
Don't even SUGGEST that @cascadehush!

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
May 19, 2009 07:12 PM
I'm going to have to agree with cascadhush here, I think it's a spider that is missing a leg

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