Thread about spiders (not for the arachnophobic!)

[8ball]

A crab spider - it's arse mimics an ant which it preys on.

From https://twitter.com/Myrmecos

Does it attack arse-first or something?

 

[8ball]

It's cool and all but why do they do this?

I didn't go around as a kid leaving a deflated corpse-copy of myself on the floor whenever I had a growth spurt.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Does it attack arse-first or something?

No idea - you'd better ask the spider.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's cool and all but why do they do this?

I didn't go around as a kid leaving a deflated corpse-copy of myself on the floor whenever I had a growth spurt.

Ventroliquists dummies come from skins people discard as they grow during childhood - I thought everyone knew that.

 

[8ball]

Ventroliquists dummies come from skins people discard as they grow during childhood - I thought everyone knew that.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

My, you were a very hairy child.

 

[8ball]

My, you were a very hairy child.

They put all sorts of stuff in the breakfast cereals in those days.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

They put all sorts of stuff in the breakfast cereals in those days.

Must have been all that blue food colouring you consumed.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Look at these beauties.

More lovely spiders on this chap's site.

Spiders - Tim Jonas Macro Photography

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Every building should have a roof spider

 

[tonysingh]

 

[tonysingh]

Antheraea Polyphemus.

A moth but close enough to count here?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

From https://twitter.com/gotlegsmacro

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Sea spiders

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A wolf spider wearing a spider hat

From https://twitter.com/gotlegsmacro

 

[tonysingh]

Sea spiders

Yes, regularly.

 

[tonysingh]

Mate of a mate from the gurdwara is currently in Nepal and had a roomie. For the record, them tiles are about a ft square apparently.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Sweet spider

From https://twitter.com/apsciencebydan

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Spider reaching out for a hug

From https://twitter.com/wizentrop

 

[chriswill]

Meet Ted and Toby

Ted is an Aphonopelma Hentzi and originates from North America (Texas) and is a very Chill and shy little creature
Tobes is a Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens (green bottle blue) and is from Venezuela. He's much more skittish and extremently quick.

They make great pets, I want more!

 

[tonysingh]

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Meet Ted and Toby

Ted is an Aphonopelma Hentzi and originates from North America (Texas) and is a very Chill and shy little creature
Tobes is a Chromatopelma Cyaneopubescens (green bottle blue) and is from Venezuela. He's much more skittish and extremently quick.

They make great pets, I want more!

I've a Greenhithe blue as well, they're stunning and make super heavy webs.

 

[chriswill]

I've a Greenhithe blue as well, they're stunning and make super heavy webs.

He’s currently gone to ground to molt which is unusual for him.

The Hentzi hasn’t eaten in nearly a year and I’ve a sneaky suspicion he’s a she (which means we’ve got her for 30+ years!)

 

[tonysingh]

He’s currently gone to ground to molt which is unusual for him.

The Hentzi hasn’t eaten in nearly a year and I’ve a sneaky suspicion he’s a she (which means we’ve got her for 30+ years!)

Greenhithe? Autocorrect thinks I have a Chav tarantula.

I've got an aphonopelma voorheesi that I've not bothered to feed for like 7 months. Big abdomen on it. Lol, and pre molt....ah mate. The way that can last for like 6 months.

 

[tonysingh]

Big ol Indian species. Me jealous.

 

[8ball]

You've probably seen this, but just in case....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Big ol Indian species. Me jealous.

The ideal pet for moochedit

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Happy easter

 

[blossie33]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is a beauty - a tree stump spider, native to South America. The protusion on its arse is to make it blend in with it's surroundings. Photo by Rubens Luciano.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The orange tortoise spider - very cute little beast.