#spiders

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Arthropods

Araneae. This order is made up of spiders, eight-limbed arthropods with fangs generally able to inject venom and spinnerets that extrude silk.

Xiphosura. This order is made up of horseshoe crabs, marine arthropods whose bodies are covered by a hard carapace. They mainly feed on worms and molluscs on the ocean floor. The blood of some species is harvested for LAL, which is used to detect and quantify bacterial toxins

[apsciencebydan]

Late this afternoon I was about to turn back on my walk, and there was a small patch of leaf litter along the fence of the preserve I was at. Stopped to watch and see what appeared. After a few minutes I could only chuckle; the ant mimics seemed like they were outnumbering the actual ants I was seeing! So I figured I'd make a little game of it for y'all: how many ants are in this post?

1 & 2:

3 & 4:

5 & 6:

7 & 8:

9 & 10:

[alienbath]

Love love love jumping spiders and their cute little faces

(Source: Rainbow Mealworms)

[artastic-friend]

More spider horse doodles

Literally the crazy spider horse that lives with the spiders

[lord-save-me]

No because this is so real.

My father literally awes at spiders

[skyrim-dungeon-ratings]

Redbelly Mine

RATING: 2/10

This is a mine and not a dungeon, first and foremost- the inclusion of spiders doesn’t make it a dungeon. Secondly, the layout of this mine struck me as familiar, as did the inclusion of spiders. Which is when I remembered- somewhere, in a spot I forgot the name of, there’s an entire cave that is just the concept of “one big spiral full of spiders” taken to an extreme. And that is why I have bothered to rate it at all. It’s just.. sad that this neat little side quest in Shor’s Stone isn’t even unique.

I genuinely wish, with my whole heart, that there was more to it. There could’ve been. The blacksmith even says the spiders moved in overnight once they dug too deep. They couldn’t have just put a wall leading to a hotspring cave with a giant spider in it or something? Regardless of my thoughts on the matter, Redbelly Mine is a strange little spot.

It does feel very nice to help the outpost get back on its feet though.

[dozydawn]

Fenton Pig Handpainted by Michelle Kibbe, 2006

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a small California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify the young doctor newly arrived in town with his family.

[plaguedocboi]

Top 5 tarantula species? (or spiders in general if you don’t really go there)

My absolute favourite are Brachypelma emilia :)

Spiders are not my area of expertise but I’ll do my best

1. Jumping spiders. Cute, tiny, can teleport

2. Wolf spiders. When I go for walks at night I can see their eyes shining and it’s very cool

3. Long-horned orb weaver. Seems excessive

4. Giant bird-eater. Why are you so fucking big.

5. Obviously the tarantulas that keep frogs as pets, they’re great

[arachnophanatic]

I put some pollinator-attracting plants in my yard a couple weeks ago and LOOK who just built a web in the milkweed!!

A labyrinth orb weaver (Metepeira sp.)!!! The first of her kind to show up on my patio, but hopefully not the last!

[someguyiguess]

spiders have got to figure out contracting I need to be able to call my local spiders union and be like "hey can you send a guy out for a few days the fruit flies are back" and then pay it in spider currency. I'll learn the conversion rates. I'll be generous with my rounding. please.

[enby-ralsei]

[kedreeva]

She has finalized her decision and chosen the mailbox with her name on it to start making her hammock!

[scribblyspaceskeleton]

Speaking up and educating people on why the most hated life forms on the planet are important and meaningful is a thankless task.

How do we reach out and get people to care about insects and spiders when the average reaction is either "EEWW KILL IT WITH FIRE" or blind panic?

Arthropods are crucial to the survival of life as we know it. Yes, even commonly vilified bugs like wasps and mosquitoes have ecological niches that the world CANNOT do without.

I cannot overstate their importance.

[kleefkruid]

I was making coffee and I heard a "mpeep" behind me so I turn around an on my kitchen floor sits Kotelet, the tiny stray that visits me every day, and to her side sits a big fat house spider, you know the one that gets stuck in your bath.

So I go "Hey ehh, you brought a buddy?" and she looks down at the spider and swallows it in one go -legs and everything- and looks back at me with these cute big eyes

[emmaklee]

spider eye arrangements