Figure 43. Autophagy after a in Jumping spiders of the Phidippus princeps group in the southeastern United States (Araneae: Salticidae: Dendryphantina)

Figure 43. Autophagy after a staged encounter between an oxyopid spider (Oxyopes) and an adult female Phidippus pulcherrimus from Nassau County, Florida. 1, Female P. pulcherrimus feeding on her own left leg I (autophagy) after removing it (auto-amputation) when it was injured during an attack on an adult female Oxyopes. 2-3, Prolateral (2) and retrolateral (3) views of the amputated leg, showing amputation proximal to the trochanter. 4, This adult female Oxyopes was killed in the attack.