Australian Spiders Shedding

This page contains details and photos of a spider shedding its body shell in our backyard at Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.

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In this photo the spider has just shed its skin.

With all the old skin removed the spider starts to stretch out.

One last bit is finally removed and pushed out of the way.

Taken from underneath you can see the spider extending its legs .