Thread about spiders (not for the arachnophobic!)

[farmerbarleymow]

Aww - removing fluff from a spider who seems to be asking for help.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Olympic long-jump spiders.



Probably loads of them in the west midlands moochedit

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cute jumping spider. I imagine tonysingh is a bit like this chap, building spider dens.

 

[gentlegreen]

my three bathroom boys(?)
Tegenaria domestica

Actually I'm now thinking the first two at least are girls ....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

In-flight entertainment - who needs films when you've got a spider beside you.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The life of an ogre faced spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tuesday tarantulas

Do you have any purple or green tarantulas tonysingh. Nice looking spiders.

 

[petee]

Aww - removing fluff from a spider who seems to be asking for help.

ironical, eh, a spider getting trapped in sticky filament.
justice.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

ironical, eh, a spider getting trapped in sticky filament.
justice.

Do you hate spiders too?

 

[petee]

Do you hate spiders too?

some spiders murder and eat the lovely wasps, you know.
how will you square that one?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

some spiders murder and eat the lovely wasps, you know.
how will you square that one?

That's the natural order of things so its fine. I note you haven't answered the question though.

 

[petee]

That's the natural order of things so its fine. I note you haven't answered the question though.

how many crimes has "the natural order of things" line covered up!
proof that spiders can choose:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

how many crimes has "the natural order of things" line covered up!
proof that spiders can choose:

I suspect spiders don't ordinarily eat chocolate covered strawberries! We need this confirming by our resident spider wrangler tonysingh

 

[tonysingh]

Tuesday tarantulas

Do you have any purple or green tarantulas tonysingh. Nice looking spiders.

I've got my eye on one of these beauties next though 35 quid is out of reach for a baby spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've got my eye on one of these beauties next though 35 quid is out of reach for a baby spider.

It can't cost much to breed spiders - they have hundreds of bairns each time after all. That's quite expensive given that.

 

[tonysingh]

Oh that species used to be 250+ for a spiderling. They've dropped down now some expert home breeders are having success. The slings will hold around this price I think as the adults just don't get sold and they can be a sod to get breeding so....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

they can be a sod to get breeding so....

I'm sure you could find spider porn to get them in the mood somewhere online.

 

[tonysingh]

I'm sure you could find spider porn to get them in the mood somewhere online.

But then I'd resent my tarantulas having a better sex life than me

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But then I'd resent my tarantulas having a better sex life than me

Maybe you could stream hot spider sex and make some money out of it. There's bound to be some people out there with spider fetishes.

 

[gentlegreen]

Maybe you could stream hot spider sex and make some money out of it. There's bound to be some people out there with spider fetishes.

yes - with that ever-present anticipation of the female getting peckish afterwards ...

 

[iona]

my three bathroom boys(?)
Tegenaria domestica

Actually I'm now thinking the first two at least are girls ....

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Can't see pics 1 & 2 clearly enough on my knackered phone screen but looks like 3 has pedipalp bulbs which would make him a he.

On the subject of spider sex, Glenda abseiled down from the kitchen ceiling this morning and shook his arse right in my face. Not quite sure what to think of that tbh.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Saturday spiders.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Interesting to see how it neatly tucks it's fangs away when not in use.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Banana spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A bacteriophage has been found to contain spider DNA.

What this itsy-bitsy virus took from a spider

A research team discovers venomous spider-like DNA hidden within a virus, shedding light on how viruses could be used as therapeutic tools.

edition.cnn.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cute little spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This would be ace.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Face spiders.

Hundreds of microscopic 'spiders' are on your face right now

They come out at night to make love.

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