Thread about spiders (not for the arachnophobic!)

[farmerbarleymow]

Spiders with teeth.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

moochedit - found the perfect holiday destination for you. Home to the distinguished jumping spider.

Plans for £3.5bn theme park on Kent marsh dismay conservationists

London Resort planned for Swanscombe Peninsula despite site being home to rare species such as distinguished jumping spider

www.theguardian.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Nice video of the goliath bird-eating spider, this time slaughtering a gecko

 

[AverageJoe]

Can anyone I'd this? Big fat thing in the corner of my window (outside happily!).

The abdomen is about 2cm long.

 

[moochedit]

Can anyone I'd this? Big fat thing in the corner of my window (outside happily!).

The abdomen is about 2cm long.

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Please tell me you are not in the uk

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Please tell me you are not in the uk

Bet he lives in the midlands.

 

[AverageJoe]

West Kent

 

[AverageJoe]

I think from Google fu that it's a tube funnel spider.

2020 just keeps delivering

 

[farmerbarleymow]

West Kent

I'll pay your train fare to deliver the lovely spider to the midlands.

Failing that, I'm sure a spider would survive being sent via the postal service.

 

[moochedit]

I'll pay your train fare to deliver the lovely spider to the midlands.

Failing that, I'm sure a spider would survive being sent via the postal service.

The wiki article about them contains a handy list of towns for me to avoid!

Segestria florentina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[gentlegreen]

The wiki article about them contains a handy list of towns for me to avoid!

Segestria florentina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

best add my bathroom in Bristol to the list, though Minnie is sadly no longer with us and I haven't encountered any others recently.

 

[gentlegreen]

I was in the bathroom, thinking about how I would be able to investigate Minnie's old home when I got to working on the room next year ....
Cue for a second spidercam !

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The wiki article about them contains a handy list of towns for me to avoid!

Segestria florentina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It has been found in the midlands, including Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry and Coventry.

A nice crab flower spider

A jumping spider doing a courtship dance

 

[gentlegreen]

New spidercam set up in bathroom.
the lighting is somewhat random in there because the default lighting is RGB LED strip with sound triggering.
I'll see if I can locate an IR lamp at some point. Hopefully the webcam's filter won't prove too severe.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'll see if I can locate an IR lamp at some point

Important to keep the spiders nice and warm during the colder months.

And for the spider-haters.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A friendly spider saying hello to some cyclists.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Oooh, just found out there is a film called Kingdom of the Spiders, featuring Shatner. Available to download -

(click on the gate-type icon 'more formats' on the bottom of the video to open the webpage where it can be downloaded)

 

[moochedit]

If the shat is in it you know that's a sign of quality

 

[gentlegreen]

something has brought Minnie2 out of her home.
I have the video recording just in case ....

 

[moochedit]

 

[gentlegreen]

Just a bit of leg-stretching ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Apparently this is best done with a tuning fork.
I'll leave her alone now...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[gentlegreen]

I now have two spidercams set up.
"Minnie" in the bathroom now has an HD WIFI cam with IR illumination and potentially movement detection .. who knows, the IR may attract flying insects for her ...
I'm even going to keep the ambient lighting switched off in case it was keeping her prey away ...

The second segestria - possibly a different species on the stairs has the 720p webcam and I have yet to sort out the IR illuminator.

 

[petee]

Nice video of the goliath bird-eating spider, this time slaughtering a gecko

shame it wasn't a gull.

 

[moochedit]

The Guardian: Huge spider assumed extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site.

Huge spider thought extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site

Described as ‘gorgeous’ by the man who found it, the great fox-spider has not been seen since 1999

www.theguardian.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The Guardian: Huge spider assumed extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site.

Huge spider thought extinct in Britain discovered on MoD training site

Described as ‘gorgeous’ by the man who found it, the great fox-spider has not been seen since 1999

www.theguardian.com

What a beautiful spider. Better start getting some running training in moochedit given it's method of hunting.

 

[StoneRoad]

I was just coming over to post that ...

Stunning spider

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I was just coming over to post that ...

Stunning spider

Looks like it's covered in soft felt too - very handsome spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A nice spot for a picnic moochedit