I'm trying to document the insects, spiders, etc that live in or visit my backyard habitat. The other day this creature (or two of them, maybe in mating postures) showed up in the yard on a stand of goldenrod, which hasn't bloomed yet here. Can anyone tell me what it (they) might be?
Looks like a few insect legs in a spider web - presumably the whole insect was caught there, but the main part got removed somehow. Could possibly have belonged to a goldenrod leaf beetle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trirhabda_canadensis
But the whole thing seems to evolve and at the end there are a pretty good picture of one and the other hurrying off to the right. But thanks!
I absolutely agree with Şerban that you found some insects legs. No new species here!
Hi Martha;
I think that I see three legs plus a darker bit of exoskeleton.
Cheers, Jim Des Lauriers
I am thinking these are the appendages of some arthropod. I can't make out the white material but am wondering if the owner of these legs was infected with a fungus and the rest of the body has been eaten or has fallen away, leaving behind a few legs.
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