Spider love thread

[Totenkindly]

RAFT SPIDER

ZEBRA SPIDER

I love how they look around "What's this? What was that? What's over here??" *random leap*

Also Jumpers seem to have a thing for cameras. They always stare at them or jump on it.

Funny. I mean, what I was just reading about them today was that they have decent eyesight compared to some spiders (obviously -- they need spatial sense to time and aim their leaps), and the Zebra spider above is noted to seem to be observing the people who are observing it...

 

[sprinkles]

[MENTION=7]Jennifer[/MENTION] those are so purdy!

 

[Totenkindly]

those are so purdy!

heh.... They freak me out, actually, but I am doing my best to spread the spider love!

 

[sprinkles]

heh.... They freak me out, actually, but I am doing my best to spread the spider love!

Aww you mean they don't make you all snorgly and full of glee like me?

Ooh I already posted that video didn't I.

Here's a picture instead!

 

[miss fortune]

the man screams like a little girl when confronted with a spider... I tend to think that they are adorable

fortunately, he's too terrified of them to squish them, so I get to take them outside (if it's warm) or to the front room (which I let him think that they're outside ) if it's freezing out

 

[miss fortune]

the man screams like a little girl when confronted with a spider... I tend to think that they are adorable

fortunately, he's too terrified of them to squish them, so I get to take them outside (if it's warm) or to the front room (which I let him think that they're outside ) if it's freezing out

 

[Totenkindly]

the man screams like a little girl when confronted with a spider... I tend to think that they are adorable

fortunately, he's too terrified of them to squish them, so I get to take them outside (if it's warm) or to the front room (which I let him think that they're outside ) if it's freezing out

I'll be honest: When I saw that pic she added this morning, my skin all over my body literally crawled. I can't help it; it's a physical reflex. I also wanted to keep my legs tucked under the covers and was queasy about stepping out of bed in the dark because of what I might step on.

Then I realized I wasn't safe, because spiders can crawl under the blankets.

Then I just told myself I was being dumb and needed to get a grip. But it doesn't stop the physical responses. I can't even touch the computer screen with the picture on it, like on my cell. Blarg.

It's pretty weird, I am not bothered by mice, bugs, dogs, snakes, or other things, aside from being wary since I'm aware of potential danger. This is a full-blown autonomic body response, I just lock up. But I'm trying, as you can see!

 

[miss fortune]

[MENTION=7]Jennifer[/MENTION]... Sometimes things (clowns) just tickle the fear response no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that they (clowns) are NOT evil blood sucking spawn of cthulu...

 

[Totenkindly]

Sometimes things (clowns) just tickle the fear response no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that they (clowns) are NOT evil blood sucking spawn of cthulu...

Amusing. I'm TOTALLY cool with clowns... even the evil ones. They just don't bother me in the slightest.

Sounds like Stephen King's IT has got both bases covered for us, though -- lots of clowns, and then a badass giganto-spider who bites people's tongues.

 

[miss fortune]

Amusing. I'm TOTALLY cool with clowns... even the evil ones. They just don't bother me in the slightest.

Sounds like Stephen King's IT has got both bases covered for us, though -- lots of clowns, and then a badass giganto-spider who bites people's tongues.

that movie SO confused my and impulses... I LOVE tim curry and I hate clowns... can't see their faces, so I can't trust them

I like anything that eats mosquitoes though, so if clowns want to be likable, they've got to get a different diet!

 

[sprinkles]

I'll be honest: When I saw that pic she added this morning, my skin all over my body literally crawled. I can't help it; it's a physical reflex. I also wanted to keep my legs tucked under the covers and was queasy about stepping out of bed in the dark because of what I might step on.

Then I realized I wasn't safe, because spiders can crawl under the blankets.

Then I just told myself I was being dumb and needed to get a grip. But it doesn't stop the physical responses. I can't even touch the computer screen with the picture on it, like on my cell. Blarg.

It's pretty weird, I am not bothered by mice, bugs, dogs, snakes, or other things, aside from being wary since I'm aware of potential danger. This is a full-blown autonomic body response, I just lock up. But I'm trying, as you can see!

Aww it's ok! Hehee

I used to be a little scared of spiders too (cause people taught me to be ) squish spiders and kill bugs is what I was taught... but then I became interested in zoology and taxonomy and kind of gained a more spiritual appreciation for all things that are alive.

Anywayyy

Edit: and the last one in this vid is a spider, not an ant. It's an ant mimic spider!

 

[greenfairy]

I like spiders. I always enjoy when they build large webs on the stairs outside the apartment, and when they come in the house I gently take them outside. Spiders were sacred to many native peoples. Everything exists in a web of interconnection.

 

[sprinkles]

I like spiders. I always enjoy when they build large webs on the stairs outside the apartment, and when they come in the house I gently take them outside. Spiders were sacred to many native peoples. Everything exists in a web of interconnection.

Yes they are awesome, and so varied. Some build webs, some build traps, some hunt directly.

Deinopis constructs a web net that it actually holds in its front legs like a fishing net and actively catches pray with it, just like some kind of person would.

Argyroneta aquatica lives under water almost entirely.

Bagheera kiplingi seems to prefer mostly acacia buds, making it nearly a vegetarian.

 

[Totenkindly]

Yes they are awesome, and so varied. Some build webs, some build traps, some hunt directly.

Deinopis constructs a web net that it actually holds in its front legs like a fishing net and actively catches pray with it, just like some kind of person would.

I think that is awesome.

In that way, I find them fascinating. A lot of diversity and inventiveness and range of intelligence... which is also interesting, since their insides/nervous systems seem very different.

 

[sprinkles]

I think that is awesome.

In that way, I find them fascinating. A lot of diversity and inventiveness and range of intelligence... which is also interesting, since their insides/nervous systems seem very different.

Yup. Spiders can actually have pretty big brains for their size. On some of them the brain takes up almost the entire front portion of the body and may even spill into the legs and abdomen.

Interestingly, Leucorchestris arenicola males can travel more than a mile from their burrow at night to look for a mate, taking a very random and meandering path that's squiggly and goes all over the place as they search. Yet, no matter how complicated the path is, when they return home they do so in a straight line, no matter how much they deviated or explored. They do this in the dark, in the desert, in places where there's pretty much just sand.

 

[sprinkles]

 

[greenfairy]

Cool. I love learning about animals.

 

[sprinkles]

Cool. I love learning about animals.

Yes animals are amazing people aren't they?

 

[greenfairy]

Yes animals are amazing people aren't they?

Often the best kind!

 

[Lexicon]

Amazonian spider that builds its own decoys discovered