#with arachnids that were not spiders

[bug-lovers-island]

Hanging in the corner of my shower with mama

[ratbugs]

a little mossy empire

I’ve never seen so many jumping spiders in one relative area. about a dozen, or more!

they appear to all be the twin-flagged jumping spider, Anasaitis canosus (actually I think they might not all be the same, as some of the markings seem different. but I really don’t know)

[blackbearmagic]

I made 33 observations on iNaturalist today, and this is the only one that isn't an invertebrate.

[camellcat]

WTFFF I thought thirteen would be my new girl crush love of my life heart eyes wife you-came-after-twelve-you-must-be-better-than-they're-all-saying bbygirl and then I had to sit down and watch as she told a man who (if he were not a murderer, of course) literally every regeneration before her would've LOVED and FULLY SUPPORTED that "the systems aren't the problem. how people use and exploit the system, that's the problem. people like you" </33333 !?!?

[coridallasmultipass]

GUYS I'M CRYING THEY'RE SO FREAKING CUTE!! AAAA ALL I NEEDED WAS A COUPLE PIPE CLEANERS FROM THE HARDWARE STORE AND NOW I HAVE MORE PLUSHIES HHHH...

[tiredaroacesimp]

My parents don't allow me to keep a spider as a pet (fair enough, it's their house). What they don't know is that there's minimum 3 spiders living freely in my room, and they all have names, so I'm still winning

[alexprime]

This is my tarantula, Unicron, and her tiny roommate, Galvatron! Some backstory: A few months ago, when I was feeding my OBT tarantula, Unicron (Pterinochilus murinus), I saw this random, tiny-ass little spider chillin' at the very top of the enclosure. No idea how it got in there, but it’d made itself quite at home beneath the lip of the hinges/top, well out of range of being squished when opening the lid. I attempted to safely catch him up, but he was in an awkward spot, and having the lid of an OBT enclosure wide open for any length of time makes me sweat. If you know anything about OBTs (short for 'Orange Bitey Thing'), you'll understand why that might be. So, I figured I’d safely catch him another day when I was able to get at him! In the meantime, I dropped in a few crickets for Unicron, and then, to apologize for bothering him, I tangled the smallest cricket I had in Mystery Spider’s webbing at the top of the enclosure. After a few minutes, Mystey Spider bolted for the cricket and had himself a mighty feast. Y'all. I love this tiny little bitch more than I can say. I watched him for a bit, and I can safely say that I would die for him. I own forty spiders, (thirty-nine tarantulas, and now one small-ass Mystery Spider), and he's one of my favorites. It’s been a few months since I discovered him, and I'm happy to report that he’s thriving! I decided to name him Galvatron, to fit the Transformers theme of his comparatively giant enclosure-mate, Unicron. (If you're a Transformers: The Movie fan, you'll understand). I feed him weekly, and have been ordering a few tiny crickets specifically for him! When I eventually redo Unicron’s enclosure, I’ll be rehousing Galvatron into an enclosure of his own, but this little asshole will be remaining with me. Unicron has taken absolutely no interest in him whatsoever. She’s a pretty shy OBT and rarely comes out of her burrow/webbing tunnels unless to get a drink. After some research, I’ve tentatively identified him as a Triangulate Cobweb Spider (Steatoda triangulosa), although I’m not 100% on that. If anyone can verify that, let me know! He’s tiny; roughly the size of a small pea. So, an unintentional communal enclosure, but I love him, and I love her, and I love them both.

[invertebeast]

Oh yeah. There was a cookie eating spider in my kitchen last night.

I was eating some chocolate wafer cookies over a napkin and left for around 5 minutes. I come back, and there is this little baby spider, who, within the crease of the napkin, had decided to web up a few crumbs, and start eating them. In the video you can see it even going back and forth between a crumb of frosting and a crumb of wafer to have a taste of both. It did this for around 20 minutes before I accidentally spooked it and it ran off.

Hand to god I cannot stress enough that I had no involvement besides eating the cookies. The rest was entirely the spider’s doing. I did not place the spider, I did not place the crumbs near it, I did not encourage the spider to think the crumbs were prey items. It just. seemingly walked up and decided it wanted a taste.

After some research it would seem that spiders can in fact digest sugar, which makes sense since there are definitely prey items out there that would have a sugar content from their diets. But NOTHING mentioned anything about spiders being ATTRACTED to sugar? So I’m properly baffled there.

A friend has helped me name the spider Crumbs. Crumbs the spider, everyone!

Unmatched whimsy taking place in my household.

[gray-warden]

I just realized I never posted photos of this really pretty harvestman i came across a while back. Note the green pedipalps and the dark and light spots on its back.

[satancopilotsmytardis]

Immediately followed because of your tags about the spider sex. I have pet jumpers and tarantulas and I love learning about arachnids. Based.

Oh man, I appreciate that, but idk how much more factual spider sex content you're gonna get here! You're welcome to stick around for the circus anyway!

[lepidxpterxphxbia]

Lotsa spiders!!

[thatonemacaronikid]

Me: sees a big spider in the backyard making its web

Me: is very careful not to disturb it

My mom: just throw a box at it it wont do anything

Me: no

[marie-was-a-cherub]

Spiders are adorable!

all they want is peace... but they cant find it anywhere because people dont know how to leave them tf alone!

They don't just make webs! no! they make art!

also if your known to be antsy with spiders, dont keep reading but if you are a spider lover, go on ahead, darling~

If Charlotte's Web didn't teach you anything...your missing out bestie.

But I mean...the chicks are vicious cause they js want a snack... I mean if a male looks into a waterdroplet and goes "mmn the ladies wont be able to resist this~" and im thinking of one of two things when i say this

he is an absolute giga chad of a spider

and

2. he knows he will get snatched and decapitated before he even gets in that badussy(or whatever you wanna call it)

ANYWAYSSS yeah! thas it, I just wanted to rant...you can igore this but um yes. thats it imm done, you can keep scrolling if you'd like.

[gossamermoth]

i thrifted this unique beaded necklace with matching earrings today, in my favorite color, so you know it had to come home with me 💚

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Wolf spider mama and her babies