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spider with beelike abdomen?

i squished a spider with an abdomen that looked like a bee. it had tan coloured legs but its abdomen looked as though it’d been spliced with a bee. it looked like it had a sting, but no wings, just spidery legs, 8 of them. its legs were probably the length of about 1 inch each

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  • 3 years ago

    There are a number of spiders that can mimic other bugs, or even vegetation for camouflage.

    One spider even takes on the look of bird poop.

    Shame you squished the poor thing, likely a harmless spider.

    I would probably have kept it until I could identify it and read a little about it.

    Spiders don't have stingers, they have spinnerets. some few have soft ovipositers that might look like a stinger or tail,too soft to pierce skin though.

    Source(s): Been around spiders 50 years.
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